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1GB SD Card for Magician???

I'm looking to buy an SD card for my MDA Compact...would you recommend a particular brand? please list the ones that are incompatible. I'm looking for one that is most compatible and can be used with GPS software as well as playing music. what is the minimum RW speed required to achieve this. thanks alot in advance

I have a SanDisk Extreme III 1GB SD card, but it is NOT working any harder than 1MB/s, so don't buy a quick one, cause it ain't gonna be quick.
anyway, my SD is working good, also with GPS maps, mp3's, etc.
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I have the REgular Sandisk one and it works fine.

tCC said:
I have a SanDisk Extreme III 1GB SD card, but it is NOT working any harder than 1MB/s, so don't buy a quick one, cause it ain't gonna be quick.
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hi,
I have a 1Go Kingmax platinium SD Card (60x) and it works perfectly for me... but I'll be unable to confirm you at what rate it works... tCC how do you calculate your transfer rate ?

I have a Transcend 1gb 45x. No prob for me.
Have you ever seen an error message in German about low battery and MMC/SD card ?? I try to figure out where does it come from

snorlax said:
tCC how do you calculate your transfer rate ?
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with PocketMechanic

And what about KINGSTON 1GB (normal speed). Does it work fine?

I would recommend in this order-Apacer, Sandisk, Kingston, Panasonic and Kanguru. These are the most recommended. Well, if u will want to settle for any other than these.... well never choose Samsung. The opinion is mine.

I have this one:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7572311303
Works fine.

I have a non-labelled 1gb sd, it works ok, and costs less (in fact it was the only 1gb in the store). I think they all come from the same factory, only the label changes. As the mini uses 1.1.usb, you can't get any advantage on 40x or 60x cards, so i suggest not to pay extra for that.

Szilu said:
I have a non-labelled 1gb sd, it works ok, and costs less (in fact it was the only 1gb in the store). I think they all come from the same factory, only the label changes. As the mini uses 1.1.usb, you can't get any advantage on 40x or 60x cards, so i suggest not to pay extra for that.
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If you're using TomTom and want to see street names on the map while you are driving you need a faster than standard card.

Szilu said:
I think they all come from the same factory, only the label changes.
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As far as i know all SD cards are made from the same Manufacturer in Japan...
I guess it depends on what you really need - I can imagine, that it's better for navigation if you use a highspeed card. For normal use, a regular SD cards is enough (Brand doesn't matter)

more space is wished , but price is not acceptable yet like 4g sd card

Max card support?

Hello all, anyone know what the max card support for the universals sd/mmc reader is
Thanks

Hi there,
If I'm not wrong, the manual says clearly that universal can read/write SD cards up to 2GB (unless someone with a better expertise than me knows something different).
In any case, this is not completely right, many people uses 4GB cards (including me), but it seems that not all the applications can cope with them, photo camera is one of them, if I'm not wrong, it will not save the photos to the SD unless it has 2GB or less free space.
Somewhere else in this forum, someone else said that he even uses a sam..ung 8GB SD card (very expensive).
Hope this helps

kecido said:
Hi there,
If I'm not wrong, the manual says clearly that universal can read/write SD cards up to 2GB (unless someone with a better expertise than me knows something different).
In any case, this is not completely right, many people uses 4GB cards (including me), but it seems that not all the applications can cope with them, photo camera is one of them, if I'm not wrong, it will not save the photos to the SD unless it has 2GB or less free space.
Somewhere else in this forum, someone else said that he even uses a sam..ung 8GB SD card (very expensive).
Hope this helps
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Yup i use a 8GB Samsung SD Card to watch DVD's. I dont have the time to encode DVD's to avi xvid format so i just copy them directly to the 8GB card and watch them on the tcpmp player. Quite fun i believe. I am waiting for the 32GB SD Card release by samsung and sandisk.

im using the 4gb 150x sd card from mobymemory (£47) no probs! nice and quick too noticed tomtom load quicker.
also im using the newest qtek rom and the camera stores to card no probs (dont have to have 2gb used as per some other complaints)

Im getting the 4gb Transcend sd card soon.. im currently using 2gb transcend but I soon realized it still isnt enough...the bigger, the better of course

nuclear, I don't understand... how is an 8GB SD card possible??? 4GB should be the absolute max.
Does the Universal support SDHC in one of the newer ROMs or something?

joe_dude said:
nuclear, I don't understand... how is an 8GB SD card possible??? 4GB should be the absolute max.
Does the Universal support SDHC in one of the newer ROMs or something?
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Well the device will always show you 2000MB regardless of the ROM. But you can put more than 2000MB on your 8GB card and it will read all the files and you can use them. Its just that at this part the memory monitor will show your SD card in the negative section or full. All SD Card are compatible in the HTC Universal. Enjoy.
I am waiting for the 32GB SD Card by Samsung and SanDisk

Brain... does... not... compute.
Nuclear, I need more info. What card did you get? What brand? Is it SD or SDHC? How did you format it?
What's different about the Universal that makes it possible?!?

joe_dude said:
Brain... does... not... compute.
Nuclear, I need more info. What card did you get? What brand? Is it SD or SDHC? How did you format it?
What's different about the Universal that makes it possible?!?
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Its a SD. Samsung 150X 8GB SD Card for $200 or so. I formatted it when i insert it into the Universal. Then i hooked it up to my PC. Transfered a DVD into it. And then back into the Universal and it played the DVD!!!

Hmmm I got one of these
http://www.sandisk.com/Products/Item(1239)-SDSDPH-1024-SanDisk_Ultra_II_SD_Plus_USB_1GB.aspx
MUCH faster transfers when you put it straight in your PC. I'm thinking of getting the new 2Gb version soon

nuclear
We all want to see your super card 8GB. Please will take photographs cards on background your universal or you have no photo?
In the same way report us address where we can book the card on 32 GB or you have no internet address?
I think nuclear you fibber!!!!!

nuclear said:
Well the device will always show you 2000MB regardless of the ROM.i think u must be wrong!
look my 4gb card, and its showing:3921.69 MB total
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well im just pretty much after a reliable card , one that will store my app data etc but im worried ill get one that wont be able to do what i want

well mines fine matey, nice and quick too, compared to my 1gb puremedia one. so ill recomend my 4gb 150X one from moby memory with 5 year waranty (free usb card reader too) about £47.

Thanks, ordering one now

iv currently got every single photo we have on our laptop of the kids (thousands) on the card. all my non vital apps, i just have handy menu, journal bar and a few others staying in the phones memory
then dumped the movies, saw3, world trade centre, happy feet and jackass2 on the card, plus tomtom uk & euro maps and still got just under a gig left

daddy k said:
iv currently got every single photo we have on our laptop of the kids (thousands) on the card. all my non vital apps, i just have handy menu, journal bar and a few others staying in the phones memory
then dumped the movies, saw3, world trade centre, happy feet and jackass2 on the card, plus tomtom uk & euro maps and still got just under a gig left
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My Universal screwed up my precious 4GB SanDisk Extreme III card and my 8GB Samsung. Literally it made my 8GB to 2GB and my 4GB to 2GB. I lost 6GB of space on my 8GB card into nothing. I am contacting tech support all day and this is what they posted. THE MAX IS 2GB!!!! >>>>>.<<<<< scary ;(
http://www.sandisk.com/Compatibility/Device(8016)-i-mate-JasJar.aspx

I was going through the SD specifications, and it looks like that SD 1.1 could support up to 64GB (!!!) using 32KB clusters.
Unfortunately, this won't ever happen, since SD 2.0 flags anything above 2GB as a memory error.
8GB should be possible because FAT32 defaults to 4KB clusters, which would match. Larger capacity would need reformating to match the larger SD clusters, but technically it should be possible, IMHO.
So probably some of the Samsung OEMs do work at 8GB using SD 1.1. But I'm seeing the new auctions say SD 2.0 compatible only.
Oh well, I can live with 4GB, but I hope Windows Mobile adds support for SDHC and MMCplus.

Nuclear, the 4GB Sandisk I believe is SDHC, so it will probably screw things up. The 8GB Samsung you could probably reformat on your PC.
If you have an SDHC and an SD USB reader, use the SD one, as the SDHC one might force you down to 2 GB.
Hey, it's just my guess from reading the specs.

joe_dude said:
Nuclear, the 4GB Sandisk I believe is SDHC, so it will probably screw things up. The 8GB Samsung you could probably reformat on your PC.
If you have an SDHC and an SD USB reader, use the SD one, as the SDHC one might force you down to 2 GB.
Hey, it's just my guess from reading the specs.
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My SanDisk 4GB Extreme III is a SDHC? I was sure i bought a SD only. It says SD on it....
As for my 8GB my PC detects it as only 2GB. Reformatted and again only 2GB. I know another way to fix it. Partition MagiC!!! I lost 6GB in partition space. And same with the other 4GB card. Once i partition it every 2GB it will make 3 cards in 1 . Well stay tuned and i will let you know how paritioning the space helped.

Largest miniSD card?

I just purchased a t-mobile mda off ebay and it came with only a 64MB miniSD card. What is the largest size miniSD card the phone will recognize? Will it recognize the miniSDHC cards? Thanks in advance.

Some people have got 4gb mini sd cards working in their devices. Other people can only handle 2 gb cards.

peter petrelli said:
Some people have got 4gb mini sd cards working in their devices. Other people can only handle 2 gb cards.
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Yes I experienced the same thing. I purchased a 4gig minisd card but it would not even read the card as if it wasn't there. After that, I purchased a 2gig and that worked fine.
I think the problem with some of those 4gig minisd cards is that they are dual-partition and the Wizard(to the best of my knowledge) does not support dual partition sd cards like other PPC's such as the TyTN II.

Why don't just have a look into the accessories section instead of a new thread? ... you will find a couple of other threads about the topic already!
BTW, miniSDHC are not supported!

dharvey4651 said:
I think the problem with some of those 4gig minisd cards is that they are dual-partition and the Wizard(to the best of my knowledge) does not support dual partition sd cards like other PPC's such as the TyTN II.
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I actually dual partitioned mine myself using wm5storage and it works fine that way. As far as I know, nobody's actually figured out why 4 Gb cards work for some people and not for others and their are still others that they work for but the cards constantly get corrupted. I'm part of the latter group, but since I've been using a newer version of a cooked WM6 the card hardly corrupts at all anymore.

SD 8GB working with Kaiser

Hello folks, this is my first post.
I want to buy a SD card for my Kaiser (-> T-Mobile Germany MDA Vario III to be exact).
Each time I call the service, i get a different answer. Sometimes the SDHC works with the Kaiser, sometimes only the SD does, sometimes the 8GB would work but sometimes the Kaiser can only take cards up to 4GB.
So my question to this awesome forum is:
1. Do 8GB SD cards work with a T-Mobile Germany MDA Vario III?
2. Does a T-Mobile Germany MDA Vario III take SD as well as SDHC cards?
Thanks in advance!

Hi. I see no reason why the a German version of MDA Vario III wouldn't accept an 8GB memory card. The TyTNII (registered name) is SDHC enabled and I have read on numerous websites that it has the ability to accept memory cards of up to 32GB.
I, like you, have the T Mobile MDA Vario III, only I live in the UK. I'd think that different brand names for practically the same device (TyTNII) would be fundamentally simmilar, and that if a TyTNII and UK T mobile MDA Vario III could accept an 8GB SDHC card, then it would be no different with the German MDA Vario III.
I am currently looking for the best 8GB memory card, with memory card reader too. Tell you what, get an 8GB memory card, and if it somehow doesn't work, just return it and explain that you had good reason to believe that it was compatible with your device

Mine is arriving from MemoryBits.co.uk very soon hopefully. £43.62 (+p&p) with USB card reader.
I'll let you know if it works!

ok! thanks both of you a lot! ill probably buy one and then return if it doesn't work, just as one of you proposed (the number guy )
(btw, thanks for the awesome fast response)
one problem is, you know, its the 20 december and id like to have it on the 24th for obvious reasons, so i think i cant afford waiting until you get yours, but still AWESOME thanks, foaf!!!

Boy are we in the same boat I received my sdhc 8gb just in time for Xmas but the Tytn 2 is still under the tree in its box :/
Sandisk provides the tiniest usb reader ever! I had trouble removing the micro card without breaking a nail
I also noticed that the card was formatted in fat32. So here comes a noob question: I assume there's no ntfs in winmobile?

coincoinlapin said:
Boy are we in the same boat I received my sdhc 8gb just in time for Xmas but the Tytn 2 is still under the tree in its box :/
Sandisk provides the tiniest usb reader ever! I had trouble removing the micro card without breaking a nail
I also noticed that the card was formatted in fat32. So here comes a noob question: I assume there's no ntfs in winmobile?
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adata has the smallest, thinest and at present, the fastest micro sd card reader, also any micro sd upto 2gb is set to format at fat 16 and fat 32 from the window os, for 4gb and over Fat 32.

foaf said:
Mine is arriving from MemoryBits.co.uk very soon hopefully. £43.62 (+p&p) with USB card reader.
I'll let you know if it works!
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Memory bits is one of the options I'm considering.
Ive also been considering the following an 8GB memory card-
BUNDLE Sandisk 8GB Micro SD (SDHC) memory card with Sandisk USB reader- £50.99 (shipping is free) moby memory is highly recommended for efficiency from what I've seen on other forums
http://www.mobymemory.com/phone-memory/T-Mobile/MDA-Vario-III-memory-cards.asp
and
A-DATA 8GB Turbo Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) Class 6 Memory Card - Retail Package (Free Ground Shipping - $57.99
http://www.supermediastore.com/a-data-turbo-sdhc-8gb-class-6-memory-card.html
I'm not sure however if this is microsd or minisd. It doesn't seem very clear

Not micro or mini
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and
A-DATA 8GB Turbo Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) Class 6 Memory Card - Retail Package (Free Ground Shipping - $57.99
http://www.supermediastore.com/a-data-turbo-sdhc-8gb-class-6-memory-card.html
I'm not sure however if this is microsd or minisd. It doesn't seem very clear
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That one is a standard size SD card.

cushcalc said:
That one is a standard size SD card.
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Thanks. Its misleading for it have SDHC in its title. How do you knows its a standard SD card?

No it's not, as SDHC is the newer format required to go above 4GB and it's on available on MicroSD, MiniSD, and SD Cards.

246810 said:
Memory bits is one of the options I'm considering.
Ive also been considering the following an 8GB memory card-
BUNDLE Sandisk 8GB Micro SD (SDHC) memory card with Sandisk USB reader- £50.99 (shipping is free) moby memory is highly recommended for efficiency from what I've seen on other forums
http://www.mobymemory.com/phone-memory/T-Mobile/MDA-Vario-III-memory-cards.asp
and
A-DATA 8GB Turbo Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) Class 6 Memory Card - Retail Package (Free Ground Shipping - $57.99
http://www.supermediastore.com/a-data-turbo-sdhc-8gb-class-6-memory-card.html
I'm not sure however if this is microsd or minisd. It doesn't seem very clear
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This one works with the TyTN II:
http://www.mobymemory.com/products/...SDHC)-memory-card-with-Sandisk-USB-reader.asp
I've been using it for 2 weeks. It works quite well (been able to load up to 6.5GB of data on the card ).

frav said:
This one works with the TyTN II:
http://www.mobymemory.com/products/...SDHC)-memory-card-with-Sandisk-USB-reader.asp
I've been using it for 2 weeks. It works quite well (been able to load up to 6.5GB of data on the card ).
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I have same card and I can use 7782.50MB...

_Dejan_ said:
I have same card and I can use 7782.50MB...
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i get roughly the same.
kms

I just ordered a 8GB card - can't wait to get it
Do you guys use the Cardreader or go through the USB Active Sync?
It seems taking the micro SD card out all the time would break the little plastic bit covering it :-(

you don't have to take the card out for just normal use, but if your going to be loading a lot of music or a couple movies at one time you might want to take it out of the phone and use the card reader cause it is much faseter.

Yea, I just ordered the 8 GB Sandisk from ebay. Should be here any day now. I can't wait!!!
Although in a few months when there's a 16 GB card out, we'll all be sad.
Damn technology.

I got an 8GB Sandisk for Christmas and it came with a SanDisk card reader. Looks like a little USB jump drive and you just slide the MicroSD in it.
I had to use it to format the old 2GB MicroSD I was using as when my daughter tried to put it into here Blackberry Curve the Blackberry objected profusely. LOL
Funny thing is all I did was throw the USB adapter in a Vista box and it recommended fat32. I wonder what format was on it when it was in my Tilt?
If it was Fat32 why the hell did it need formating?

[Q] Max SD card usable?

For some reason (unknown) I was under the impression that 32g was the max SD card the Transformer could use.
I saw in the purchasing thread that someone was buying a 128g SD and then I couldn't remember where it was I came up with the 32g limit on SD cards.
So.... Is it a combination of on board and SD? Does it have a Max?
Can someone break this down for me?
Thanks.

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For some reason (unknown) I was under the impression that 32g was the max SD card the Transformer could use.
I saw in the purchasing thread that someone was buying a 128g SD and then I couldn't remember where it was I came up with the 32g limit on SD cards.
So.... Is it a combination of on board and SD? Does it have a Max?
Can someone break this down for me?
Thanks.
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You sound like you are confusing microsd cards (fingernail sized) with sd cards (thumb to first knuckle sized). The max for the onboard microsd card slot is 32gb sdhc and the sd card reader on the dock should support up to 2tb sdxc cards (when they become available).

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You sound like you are confusing microsd cards (fingernail sized) with sd cards (thumb to first knuckle sized). The max for the onboard microsd card slot is 32gb sdhc and the sd card reader on the dock should support up to 2tb sdxc cards (when they become available).
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Good info, thank you.

Yeah, the SD cards that support those sizes are SDXC cards and the Transformer is supposed to support them. It's amazing how big those cards are getting!
(P.S. If you want to thank stuntdouble, click "Thanks" under his post. He deserves it, he answers lots of questions!)

Already clicked that button.
Being a double though, I hope it goes to the right guy.

Sorry, I was responding to 03stage2's post right above mine.
Anyway, 2tb in an SD card? Can you believe it? I know I won't be able to believe whatever the price will be!

bleclair said:
Sorry, I was responding to 03stage2's post right above mine.
Anyway, 2tb in an SD card? Can you believe it? I know I won't be able to believe whatever the price will be!
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SDXC not SD. They're visually the same size but the technology is radically different. The only ones I've seen out so far are 128gb ones. But yeah when 2tb ones are out they'll cost a fortune. Will be cool for the future though.

Yep, I wrote that in post #4.
I did think SD (whether HC, XC, etc) were still referred to as SD cards. I suppose they shouldn't since they are so different!
Anyway, I just meant 2tb in a card that small? I still can't believe 32gb in a microsd card.
I guess I am getting old! I won't even tell you how much memory my first computer had.

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Yep, I wrote that in post #4.
I did think SD (whether HC, XC, etc) were still referred to as SD cards. I suppose they shouldn't since they are so different!
Anyway, I just meant 2tb in a card that small? I still can't believe 32gb in a microsd card.
I guess I am getting old! I won't even tell you how much memory my first computer had.
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Yeah when I first saw a picture of the 2tb microsdxc's I was thinking... if only I bought a load of those I could build a micro raid server. Then I woke up ... reality set in, and realised it would cost a ridiculous amount of cash. This was a year ago, it's taken a ridiculously long time for them to start churning out a finished product for public consumption. At least in a few years our tablets can be used as media storage centres with one large card plugged into the dock.

I looked on the Asus website and the TF manual did not say anything about supporting SDXC, only SDHC and below
http://support.asus.com/download.as...ANSFORMER+TF101&os=&hashedid=gHh4q7I8dvWJzhdV
Download the manual, go to Your Eee Pad mobile docking.
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Tone503773 said:
I looked on the Asus website and the TF manual did not say anything about supporting SDXC, only SDHC and below
http://support.asus.com/download.as...ANSFORMER+TF101&os=&hashedid=gHh4q7I8dvWJzhdV
Download the manual, go to Your Eee Pad mobile docking.
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They've changed their site to say SDHC now too. I hope it wasnt just a typo before. It still says SDXC cards on the amazon info page. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004U78628/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=asus-accessories-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B004U78628
Specifications
Input/Output: 2 x USB 2.0
Card Reader: 1 x 4-in-1 Card Reader / MMC / SD (SDHC/SDXC)
Battery: 24.4 W/h Li-polymer battery (up to 6.5 hours)1
Dimensions: 10.67" x7.28" x 1.1" inches (W x D x H)
Weight: 1.41 lbs (with battery)
Color: Espresso
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Will the microSD and SDHC on the dock work at the same time or will the system only read one of these?
Meh, kind of uneventful since I would need to keep the tablet docked to have all that extra storage...
Call me when they get the microSD's to 2 tb

I have a SDHC card, but it clearly doesn't,t fit into the Transformer card reader. Any idea if the microSD can be removed someway of out this SDHC?

Srikar_NBK said:
I have a SDHC card, but it clearly doesn't,t fit into the Transformer card reader. Any idea if the microSD can be removed someway of out this SDHC?
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Not exactly sure what you are asking here. The tablet itself only supports microSD, the dock is where you can use a SDHC card.

Can i use a 32gb mini in my transformer
a 2tb sdxc in my dock
A 2tb portable drive in one USB
A 2tb portable drive in the other USB
I've got a large jpeg i want to use for wallpaper

I assume nobody has tried to use an SDXC card yet? Those things are expensive! I found 64GB for ~$130 which is too much for my wallet to just buy for testing
To make things worse, the dock says MMC/SD/SDHC on the side; no mention of SDXC

funnycreature said:
I assume nobody has tried to use an SDXC card yet? Those things are expensive! I found 64GB for ~$130 which is too much for my wallet to just buy for testing
To make things worse, the dock says MMC/SD/SDHC on the side; no mention of SDXC
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That's one for the website/magazines to answer, that's why they're here isn't it all website magazines do these days is report on a review or point to link by someone else.
eg: 'We found a report on XDA of Asus Transformer owners trying the capacity of their device to the max with SDXC cards' - android spin

checkbox111 said:
That's one for the website/magazines to answer, that's why they're here isn't it all website magazines do these days is report on a review or point to link by someone else.
eg: 'We found a report on XDA of Asus Transformer owners trying the capacity of their device to the max with SDXC cards' - android spin
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I guess you are right. It's the snowball effect... If a local store had an SDXC card I'd be tempted to walk in with the TF and just ask if I could try it. But I can't seem to find one at all.

checkbox111 said:
Can i use a 32gb mini in my transformer
a 2tb sdxc in my dock
A 2tb portable drive in one USB
A 2tb portable drive in the other USB
I've got a large jpeg i want to use for wallpaper
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I don't know the limits on the USB ports, but I have 32gig micro SD, 32gigs SD in the dock, plus a 16gig USB thumb drive in one USB and a 500gig 2.5" HDD in the other. It mounts all drives and works fine.

bossxii said:
I don't know the limits on the USB ports, but I have 32gig micro SD, 32gigs SD in the dock, plus a 16gig USB thumb drive in one USB and a 500gig 2.5" HDD in the other. It mounts all drives and works fine.
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Just for the sake of clarification, what speed rating and brand of micro sd are you using in your TF? I'm looking for one myself but thought 16gb would have been as big as I could safely go.