[bookport] Re: flash cards and pricing
- From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:10:56 -0400
Brand of CompactFlash really doesn't matter very much because in order to
use the term "CompactFlash," the manufacturer must meet certain standards
defined by the CompactFlash Association. The only thing, as I've said
before, to be sure of is that you do not get the kind of card that allows
you to write; but not erase; files. These one-way cards are usually less
expensive than comparably-sized cards that are full read/write. Also, it
doesn't matter about transfer speed, since that's only an issue in cameras.
An excellent source for tracking CF card prices and connecting to vendors
is:
http://www.dealram.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Massey" <micmey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 8:57 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: flash cards and pricing
Hi, Tiffany. The flash card that came with my book port is a brand called
DAne Elk. I paid for a 128 mb flash card at Wal-Mart and paid $38 plus and
it is a Lexar brand. I am wondering myself if it matters which brand of
flash card you buy just as in the waning days of cassettes. REmember how
you had to be careful not to buy off brands of cassettes? TAke care.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tiffany H. Jessen" <tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 5:59 PM
Subject: [bookport] flash cards and pricing
>I know the Book Port will work with cards up to 2 gigs in size, but is it
>recommend any particular brand? Where do most of you find the best pricing?
> Since I know the card which came with the Book Port is a SanDisk, so far I
> have been looking only at that brand.
> Just as a note, one of my friends recently told me about a 1 gig SanDisk
> card selling for only 81 dollars at
> www.buy.com
> Just a few weeks ago that same friend paid the same price for a 512mb
> SanDisk card.
> That's an amazing difference in size/pricing with just a simple step of
> comparison shopping.
> Tiff
>
>
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