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Cheapest 1,2 and 4Gb SD cards in UK, where to buy?

Going to need to buy an SD card for my Exec soon, anyone have recommendations? From reading the forum I think the HighSpeed cards are no better in the Universal than standard cards. The speed only helps when used in a card reader on the PC, so the cheapest standard card is what I am looking for?
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No VAT!

gooroo said:
Going to need to buy an SD card for my Exec soon, anyone have recommendations? From reading the forum I think the HighSpeed cards are no better in the Universal than standard cards. The speed only helps when used in a card reader on the PC, so the cheapest standard card is what I am looking for?
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try
www.msico.co.uk
www.pixmania.com
www.7dayshop.co.uk
www.digitalera.co.uk
You're looking at under £40 all inc for a 1GB, £75-ish all inc for a 2GB but 4GB's harder to find over here try:
www.yesasia.com
good luck lets us know how you get on!

WHOOPS!!! TYPO!!
www.misco.co.uk
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I always get my memory from emartbuy.com - very very good customer service and really good prices!
http://www.emartbuy.com

try www.ebay.com
bought mine high speed 2 gb for 73 pound and 1 gb sandisk for 35 pound

Offer today at UK Expansys: http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=TODAYONLY
2Gb only £64!

www.fotosense.co.uk
Cheap....based in Bolton...

I just bought a Transcend 4GB SD Card from :
http://www.orcalogic.co.uk/asp/prodtype.asp?prodtype=17231&ft=D
Great product at a great price.
Arrived yesturday works great with my XDA EXEC with no problems.

should have bought it from ebay, 4gb for 150 uk pounds

Not really, the best deal I found on ebay for a Transcend 4GB was £168 including delivery from USA.
From OraLogic I got it for £174.50 + VAT including free std delivery.
As this was a corporate purchase I can claim the VAT back , so for £5.00 more I get to buy from a UK company a product with a warranty that is covered in the UK. Not to mention the quicker delivery as its local compared to coming from USA.
If you are referring to the Adata 4GB cards on ebay, I have three friends who bought those and 2 out of 3 of them have problems with using them with their XDA Exec's.

better split your sd card into 2gb+2gb.rather than buy a whole 4gb.
just for precaution and separate into 2 sd card more easy.for example 1 for data and program and another for music,photo,etc.

Best I can find without going via ebay is at Novatech, 1Gb SD for £31.41+vat, find it here...
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?RAM-SDM1G
Lucky for me its only down the road so I don't even have to pay for shipping, but if anyone finds better please post here, thanks
Regards

Nice buys
1gb sd card for £28.95 inc delivery from amzon.co.uk

amazon for 28.95? where?
sorry.... probably me being blind, but cheapest i found was £33.96
can u post a url, please?

Want to buy a 2gb Mini SD Card... Do they work?

I only got my XDA Mini S yesterday, so I don't have any memory cards for it yet.
I kind of figured that as I'm going down the consolidation route (ie Phone, PDA, iPod into one device so I don't have to carry a rucksack with me everywhere!) I might as well get as much memory as possible, so I can stick a bunch of MP3's on there.
I can get 1gb for between £40 and £50 (GBP), but haven't seen many places selling 2gb.
I also wanted confirmation that the Wizard will actually recognise 2gb.
Any ideas on places in the UK that I can get a 2gb card from (assuming they work!)?

Hmm, just found this:
http://www.mobymemory.com/proddetail.asp?prod=miniSD_2048mb_MOBY_001
It says it's compatible with the QTEK 9100 and T-Mobile Vario, so I assume this is the one to go for... Just a bit concerned that it's unbranded (I usually get Sandisk or Kingston :? )

Hi,
I use a 2GB mini-sd card in my MDA Vario - no problem, it works fine.
The card is unbranded and available at www.memoryworld.de for 125 euro.
Greetings, Newchurch

I got the one off of mobymemory - works a charm
Can't say the same for the miniSD > USB stick that they gave for free with it, though.

Sweet, looks like I'll be getting one of these then!
I'm really starting to like this device now I've joined this board...
When I first started using it out of the box, I had to reboot it every 10 minutes. It very nearly got returned to the shop!
Thanks for your help guys!

Yeah i bought a 1Gb miniSD mobymemory card, brillient! Cheeper and faster than my scandisk 1Gb mini SD, (found out when using tomtom its data accessing times are faster) And its like £1 for postage and got delivered the next day! brillient!
Sounds like im a promoter witht the site or summit but no, its actualy gud!

That's one of the reasons I got the mobymemory one... it's an SLC (single layer) rather than an MLC (guess), so it's a fair bit faster

Excellent, thanks for your comments.
I'll order one tomorrow!

Another vote for the moby memory one, I ordered mine on friday afternoon, and it arrived yesterday! Brilliant
It's definatly much faster transfering with a card reader rather than the phones connection though

Just be careful with the moby memory cards. They are very thin and fragile. I have one and it split when trying to remove it from the USB stick they supplied with it. Comparing the Moby card with Scandisk you can see that it's a lot more fragile and flexible than the Scandisk one.
I'm not sure I'll buy another because of this.

I don't think it's physically thinner than any other miniSD card, as that is a tight specification. The subtrate may be thinner, however - I haven't checked, nor do I particularly want to
That said... let's face it.. all of these cards are stupid-tiny, and they're getting tinier ( I made a comparison chart for tweakers.net a long time ago, see: http://www.pointzero.nl/dump/cards.jpg ). I'd say that any primarily plastic object that's only 1.2mm thick demands to be treated with respect
( If you go way back to the MMC cards - they were only 0.76mm thick while being very large - crazy! )
I second your notion about that card > USB reader they gave with it, though. First of all - mine doesn't work. Big deal. But second - it was nearly *impossible* to get the card out of the thing again. I definitely won't even bother to try and use it with this 2GB one even if it does magically start working.

ZeBoxx said:
I don't think it's physically thinner than any other miniSD card, as that is a tight specification. The subtrate may be thinner, however - I haven't checked, nor do I particularly want to
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You're probably right but the Scandisk card is definitely stiffer than the Moby one. Just warning people to be careful if they have the Moby card as it doesn't seem to be as robust in construction.

ordered one from mobymemory.com
I never recieved it.
no tracking ;-(
I like to get one!

As Mobymemory seems to ship everything in a manner where you have to sign for its receipt (well, I did anyway), they should be able to tell that you never received the package; short of them being lying scumbags
If they tell you that you did receive it, ask for a copy (scan, fax) of the release form. If they can't show it to you, they have no case, and you can take it up with your credit card issuer (if paid by credit card), or you can pursue other methods of getting the card / money back.
If they can show it to you, and it's not your signature, then try and figure out whose it is - family member, roommate, whatever, and take the issue up with them.
If it -is- your signature, then please seek professional help

Bah!
I ordered a 2Gb Moby card and (as usual) it turned up in a flash (geddit?). Excellent. Slapped it in the (supplied) adapter, slapped that in my card reader and hey Tesco! Not accessible. B*gger! So I booted up my (custom SD-enabled*) laptop and transferred all the data of onto the hard disk. Then I swapped the cards in the adapter and transferred all of that data off onto the 2Gb card. Wahey!
Great, except that the folders were called &*^&^%£ and )!(£(!")*(. Doh! Looks like my laptop reader couldn't address the card.
So I spent the extra £5 and the postage for a card reader and now you tell me that the card reader is too brutish for the card. Damn, damn and thrice damn!
(* My laptop has an SD card re-writer in it, but the catch is broken so I have to stretch an elastic band round the keybord to keep the card in!)
DM.
P.S. Do you think I'm addicted to parentheses ?

I ordered mine today and specified Special Delivery...
I'm hoping to have it tomorrow.

I took the risk and ordered a 1GB mini SD from mobymemory. Got it by recorded delivery the next day! Also the first time ever a retailer charged me the correct postage! (£1.20)
The card works fine and is not flimsy as someone commented earlier. It comes with a little adpater for card readers etc..
Good work fellas..

i also bought a 2GB card for the 9100 from MobyMemory because of this topic. arrived in 3 days (from UK to FR) and so far so good! 1950MB free out of the box (awesome!) and not flimsy or cheap feeling at all. use the adapter for photos direct to the DVD player and it works great! good price too.
thanks for the tip!
Qtek 9100 FR -flashed with WWE ROM 1.6.7.1
2GB Mini-SD from Moby Memory
Voice Command (UK female voice, love it!)

First - Hi to everybody! It's my first post here...
(and unfortunately not last :wink: )
I'm new and I'm looking for some help, advice and independent opinions.
I've bought O2 XDA mini S yesterday, and today I'm looking for memory card...
I went through MobyMemory offer and I've found "High-Speed 2GB mini-SD Card HIGH SPEED Read - 9mb per sec, Write - 8mb per sec transfers" for only £64.99 - is it good price (as for today) or should I look for another shop / brand?
What are your opinions after few months of using MobyMemory mini-SD cards?
Any issues, broken/faulty cards? Are you still happy with this purchase?
Next few question marks - are these cards really noticeable faster than i.e "SanDisk 2GB mini-SD Card"? SanDisk is £10 cheaper... is the speed of the PDA impacted by the speed of memory card used (noticeable) or the difference is only when you need to transfer large amount of data to the card (from the PC for example)?
This one is (probably) very simply for you - What are the pros and cons of having one 2GB card or two 1GB each?
Using two cards should be more comfortable, of course as long as you did't lose one...
Is 1GB memory card enough for everyday use (2 full lenght films + few videos + 10 albums + some additional applications...)?
How much (audio / video) data I can fit on 1GB card?
And last but not least - I'm going to buy 17-in-1 card reader (MobyMemory special deal) to serve this card - is anybody using it, any suggestions, opinions?...
Sorry for so many questions
Thanks in advance

I have a 1gb and 2gb mobymemory cards. Highly recommended and faultless. I have the 1gb for a year and 2gb for a month. they are better than normal cards and are mono-density or something and fast. yes 64.99 is a good deal for 2gb got mine for 79.99.
Movies about 150-200 mb each, and music if compress at 64kps WMA about 2-3 mb each song so yes should be able to fit them on a 1gb card - I would prefer 2gb more room and more likely to lose if keep taking in and out if you have too cards.
Your choice though .
Welcome to the wizard ownera club - you will have many good hours fun with this great device.

2GB mini SD on ebay UK

Wondering what people's thoughts are on this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/High-Speed-2G...593065570QQcategoryZ18871QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
It's not a 'big' brand and the price seems very cheap for a 2GB card.
John

After shipping it's about 20-25 quid cheaper than retail and it claims to be a 150x (22meg a second transfers card).
Only had my Wizard a week and took me a few days to actually find 2gb Mini-SD's in stock with a UK retailer.
I ended up with this:
http://www.mobymemory.com/proddetail.asp?prod=miniSD_2048mb_MOBY_001
However, some of the card readers I have will not read the card via the provided SD adapter - I was warned of this and do have a newish card reader which does, as does the one in my laptop.
Works fine in the Wizard though and tbh speed to me is unimportant considering the speed of the devices processor.
If you get one and have success with it, please drop a note back.

I have seen the Mobymemory one, their price for the 1GB card seems unbeatable pretty much but I'm tempted by this 2GB card as I can get the postage cheaper using a Paypal code as well.
John

I had a Zynet SD card for my XDA2s. It worked beautifully, and continues to work in my digital camera.
I got A 'MyFlash' 2gb 60x mini-sd card off ebay last week. It took like 6 days tops to get here and works great, even in my tempermental in-built SD reader.

How much did you pay for the Myflash one?
Thanks for the feedback on Zynet, tempted to go for this now.
John

Came to about £80 including shipping and insurance
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7589600960&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWN:IT&rd=1
I remember reading somewhere that a higher speed SD card will drain the XDA battery faster.

If you're not looking for the fast cards, some reasonable prices here as well:
http://www.mymemory.co.uk/Mini-SD
The 2G Sandisk card isn't actually in stock with them yet though.
John

1G is more than enough 4 me...-_-#

I was kinda hoping of picking this up...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EEZEVC/104-8849050-7307124?_encoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=172282
But I don't know if I can wait until May!

I've decided to go for a 1GB card for now, I can always buy another 1GB card so both my HTC devices can benefit from it.
John

4 gig cards are meant to start shipping this month.
OK - i know they will start at an unrealistic premium - but does anyone know if 4 gig (or more that that which is likely to be out by summer) will work in the wizard?

Seems cheap for a 2Gb memory card of any size. I'd recommend mymemory.co.uk for memory cards, and they have a 2Gb Sandisk MicroSD for £54.99.
Seems cheap to me, but sandisk's one of the best makes for memory cards.

i use the moby memory2gb minisd - 80ish quid delivered next day and works well

I think are more cheap at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/2GB-2G-mini-SD-...74095023QQcategoryZ118260QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I will buy one!

Echilon said:
Seems cheap for a 2Gb memory card of any size. I'd recommend mymemory.co.uk for memory cards, and they have a 2Gb Sandisk MicroSD for £54.99.
Seems cheap to me, but sandisk's one of the best makes for memory cards.
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I have used them often and they offer a good service (based in the chanel islands). However they have been out of stock of the 2 gig cards for a while now.
They have a facility whereby you give them your email and they will contact you when the cards return to stock.
http://www.mymemory.co.uk/item_out_of_stock.php?id=1239
Incidentally, I have had only one memory card fail on me, and it was the sandisk 32 meg that came with the siemens SL45 as standard.
The SL45 seemed years before its time - it seems crazy to think there were phones with memory cards in 2000 and even now a minority have them.

Will these 4Gb mini SD cards work?

These cards seem to be a good deal.
WIll a 4Gb card work OK in an Orange M3100?

No.
You need microSD (which used to be called Transflash i think).
That's MiniSD.. It's physically too big.
MyMemory in the UK do a 2GB one for 47.99
There are no microSD larger than 2GB available at the moment. 1GB is quite common.. 2GB is harder to find in the UK, and thats the best price i've found yet... I've ordered one but havent got it yet as i only got the M3100/Hermes last week.
Edit: Oh just to annoy me.. the site you were looking at is quite a bit cheaper for the 2GB microSD. lol

http://www.picstop.co.uk/Micro-SD---TransFlash/SanDisk-Micro-SD-(TransFlash)---2GB
£40
Is it advisable to stick to known brand names or does that not matter any more? Are there any problems in using a 2gb one as I've read about slowness with the 1gb ones?? TIA

Nope thats a MiniSD. Hermes uses a MicroSD. I recently bought a Sandisk 2GB MicroSD for $70 on EBAY. I use the Micro to put around 1.8gb of music and I notice no slow down. The rest of the memory I put around 4-5 games and I only notice in one game call 3D Air Hockey slow downs.

ZzFDKzZ said:
Nope thats a MiniSD. Hermes uses a MicroSD. I recently bought a Sandisk 2GB MicroSD for $70 on EBAY. I use the Micro to put around 1.8gb of music and I notice no slow down. The rest of the memory I put around 4-5 games and I only notice in one game call 3D Air Hockey slow downs.
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Elwyn M3100 said:
http://www.picstop.co.uk/Micro-SD---TransFlash/SanDisk-Micro-SD-(TransFlash)---2GB
£40
Is it advisable to stick to known brand names or does that not matter any more? Are there any problems in using a 2gb one as I've read about slowness with the 1gb ones?? TIA
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Where you replying to my message or another message?
Mine specifically refered to a "MicroSD" as it is even there in the titlebar

And yes, I do know the difference between an SD, MiniSD and MicroSD

Elwyn M3100 said:
And yes, I do know the difference between an SD, MiniSD and MicroSD
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I was talking to the guy who started the thread.

Cheap Micro Sdhc Cards Here!!!

4 gig
http://www.amazon.com/Sandisk-Micro...2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1218693383&sr=8-2
8 gig...it used to be 30 but now its a little higher
http://www.amazon.com/Sandisk-Micro...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1218693461&sr=1-1

you should try 7dayshop.com - the 8gb microsd cards are under £20!

rlatarche said:
you should try 7dayshop.com - the 8gb microsd cards are under £20!
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how much is L20 lol wutever that is.. i posted my prices as US dollars

brian_v3ntura said:
how much is L20 lol wutever that is.. i posted my prices as US dollars
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according to xe.com right now:
$1 = £1.865
so, in US (amazon): 8gb microsd = $36.38 (£19.50)
in UK (7dayshop): 8gb microsd = $33.55 (£17.99)
oh well bought mine from amazon two weeks ago for $32.95
All good prices though!

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according to xe.com right now:
$1 = £1.865
so, in US (amazon): 8gb microsd = $36.38 (£19.50)
in UK (7dayshop): 8gb microsd = $33.55 (£17.99)
oh well bought mine from amazon two weeks ago for $32.95
All good prices though!
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That's how much I paid for mine from amazon, i ordered it monday.

newegg.com has an 8gig for cheaper.

I bought an 8GB MicroSDHC class 4 off of Amazon a few weeks ago for $28USD.

oh well i have a 2gig and was about to buy a 4 gig but i dont think i need it..... =\

Shipping included?

Be careful Buying cheap SD Cards. They could be counterfeit from an unreputable dealer.
Like they always say, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."

New egg has an A-DATA 16GB Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash Card Model TurboSD SDHC 16G for US$43.99 plus shipping.
I agree with Jimmy, but personally am running an A-data now. There is a review on the newegg site where a customer claims to have had 3 of these and 2 reported as Class-6 and one as Class-2. He says he RMA'ed the class 2 and got the other class 6.
I went ahead and grabbed one to check it out in my kaiser, no idea what I will ever store on it frankly. I can't fill up a 4gig now, or maybe I should say yet!

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New egg has an A-DATA 16GB Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash Card Model TurboSD SDHC 16G for US$43.99 plus shipping.
I agree with Jimmy, but personally am running an A-data now. There is a review on the newegg site where a customer claims to have had 3 of these and 2 reported as Class-6 and one as Class-2. He says he RMA'ed the class 2 and got the other class 6.
I went ahead and grabbed one to check it out in my kaiser, no idea what I will ever store on it frankly. I can't fill up a 4gig now, or maybe I should say yet!
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16gig micro for less than $50? Link? I'd buy that.

depending on ur luck, ebay shud b the cheapest. i got my 8 gig shipped for $ 27.

shadowace said:
New egg has an A-DATA 16GB Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash Card Model TurboSD SDHC 16G for US$43.99 plus shipping.
I agree with Jimmy, but personally am running an A-data now. There is a review on the newegg site where a customer claims to have had 3 of these and 2 reported as Class-6 and one as Class-2. He says he RMA'ed the class 2 and got the other class 6.
I went ahead and grabbed one to check it out in my kaiser, no idea what I will ever store on it frankly. I can't fill up a 4gig now, or maybe I should say yet!
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I checked out that card. It looks like a standard size SDHC card, rather than the MicroSDHC that the Kaiser uses. How are you going to try it with your Kaiser?
Link:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211245&Tpk=TurboSD+SDHC+16G

lildogg said:
depending on ur luck, ebay shud b the cheapest. i got my 8 gig shipped for $ 27.
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Once Again I don't want to sound like I wear a tin foil hat. But I do computers for a hobby, a first, and a second job. I've seen LOTS of counterfeit stuff technology-wise out there.
eBay is the worst offender!
I find that New-egg Is pretty good, they let my RMA if I have issues. Amazon as well, depending on the "seller." My top three: Amazon Direct, Adorama, and J&R Music/Computer World.

dzelaya18 said:
I checked out that card. It looks like a standard size SDHC card, rather than the MicroSDHC that the Kaiser uses. How are you going to try it with your Kaiser?
Link:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211245&Tpk=TurboSD+SDHC+16G
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Cause it was 420 and I didn't read close enough, LOL. So scratch that I am going to use it in my camera. LOL

I have an 8 Gig which I purchased when they were still around $70 USD. I have mine pretty full with movies and music. I was away on business this past week and the music came in handy. I did notice that my 700 meg Divx movies stutter some and will need to go back to the 200-300 Mb movie size. I have never had problems with NewEgg. BTW - Segeway - Just purchased a Colby 7" DVD player which has both SD and USB ports on it. I was able to play the DiVx movies I have on my MicroSD card. They did not stutter on the Player. The player is a good deal right now for around 100 USD.

I got mine at Microcenter
4GB - $19.99
8GB - $49.99

I bought an 8gb microsdhc from newegg.com for under $30. Class 6

i just stole my 8gb from someone else..
(just kidding folks!)
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