[bookport] Re: new type of sd card
- From: "Mike Arrigo" <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:20:27 -0600
It's already out, flashmemorystore.com has 8 gb cards for under $200.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Parks" <mehgcap@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 8:05 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: new type of sd card
> I have heard that this new type of card, based in a new type of
> Flash memory, will be quite expensive at first and will be
> released next year (though as a laptop hard drive substitute and
> not a media card). It runs, in an article last year at least, at
> a very high price that escapes me now. A 1.8-inch flash-based HD
> with this technology was 32gb for, I think, around $6000. I
> expect the prices to fall, as they always do with electronics,
> and it is really exciting.
>
>
> Have a great day,
> Alex
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >From: Bruce Toews <DogRiver@xxxxxxxx
> >To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Date sent: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:32:05 -0500 (CDT)
> >Subject: [bookport] Re: new type of sd card
>
> >That's certainly what I'd want APH to do. But I'm not them, so
> who knows
> >what'll happen. When is this new type of card going to be out,
> and at what
> >price?
>
> >Bruce
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> >On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Mike Arrigo wrote:
>
> >> Hi all. Was looking around on flashmemorystore.com today, and it
> looks like
> >> a new type of sd card is out, it's called sdhc, I think the hc
> stands for
> >> high capasity. These cards will be able to go up to 32 gb. Now
> for the bad
> >> news, they are not backward compatible with current sd cards. I
> guess now
> >> aph needs to make a decision, do you go with the current sd
> cards which will
> >> most likely be phased out, or do you hold up the release and
> support the new
> >> type of card. Admitedly, I'm not sure what I would do if the
> decision was
> >> mine, probably hold up the release and support the new type of
> sd card.
> >> Should be interesting to see what happens.
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