On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:50 AM, <hendrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:22:42AM -0700, Erik Hovland wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Hendrik Boom <hendrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > I wend out shopping for an 8GB SDHC card for my n800, and was surprised >> > by the enormous range of prices -- almost an order of magnitude. Of >> > course there's issues of quality and brand-recognition, but the biggest >> > difference seemed to be between the class of the card. There were cards >> > of class 2, class 4, ans class 6. Now the class appears to be a matter >> > of speed. >> > >> > Which class should I get? >> >> Anecdotal, so YMMV. But I have this 8GB card in my N800: >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208293 >> >> I bought it for roughly four times that price shortly after SDHC support was >> announced. > > The class 6 8GB transend cards are available here in Montreal for > $69.99(Canadian), about two or three times as much as on that web site > once you count shipping and customs costs. For quantity one the price > difference probably isn't worth the hassle. > That seems a bit steep - Kingston Class 6 SDHC for $28.24 US here: http://www.buy.com/prod/kingston-8gb-secure-digital-high-capacity-sdhc-card-class-6-kingston/q/loc/101/204333366.html I've had nothing but good luck with Kingston so far. This is what I have in my N800: http://www.buy.com/prod/edge-8gb-proshot-sdhc-card-class-6-edge-tech-8gb-proshot-secure/q/loc/101/204734648.html ($30.99 US, about half what I paid for mine.) I've had zero problems with them. > They also sell a 16G one for 139.99, or only 119.99 if you're willing to > accept a card reader with it. I don't know why the card reader has an > effectively negative price. It can't be *that* bad, can it :-? > I've never tried this brand, but 16Gb Class 6 on sale for $38.51 US right now: http://www.buy.com/prod/a-data-16gb-turbo-sdhc-memory-card/q/loc/101/207959912.html >> I have never measured the throughput. But I have also never >> noticed any slow down when either transferring files or playing back >> multimedia files. It is a class 6 card. > > That's the fastest class. > >> >> I currently own 6 transcend branded flash cards. None of them have ever >> quit on me yet. > > You seem happy with them. How long have you been using them? > > -- hendrik _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
