Hi there Katie. It's a SanDisk SDSDB-1024-A10 1 GB Secure Digital Card. It
works on the MPower, at least mine does.
From: Katie Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Braillenote List <[email protected]>
To: Braillenote List <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 15:28:19 -0500
Does the 1 GB SD card work in the mPier? What brand is it?
Katie
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Blake Sinnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [email protected]
>Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 06:10:42 -0600
>Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower
>You've got to be kidding! I paid $72 for my one gig SD card from amazon.
>From: Evelyn Weckerly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Reply-To: Braillenote List <[email protected]
>To: Braillenote List <[email protected]
>Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower
>Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:48:06 -0500
>Hi, Peggy,
>I asked them about that. They charge a $5 shipping and handling fee and
the
>512 meg SD card is $89.
>Evelyn
>At 10:22 PM 11/7/05, you wrote:
>>I wonder if Humanware, at time of upgrade or transplant or purchase,
could
>>have offered to include an SD card as part of the package, with the
>>information that future upgrades would be done via SD. Then people would
>>know they were going to need an SD card at some point, and could either
get
>>it at time of purchase, or order it in some other way. I think the being
>>caught off guard is what bothers me. Guess I'll call Humanware tomorrow
>>and see what their SD ccard price is; but it would have been a lot
easier
>>to buy it with the transplant, or while I was waiting. But since I
didn't
>>know how necessary it was, I bought what I wanted for storage, which
wasn't
>>an SD card.
>>Peggy
>>At 05:12 PM 11/7/2005, you wrote:
>>>the problem I have with having to use SD cards, is that I can't use them
>>>in
>>>my PC as well. they won't fit in my card reader. so, they aren't a
>>>storage
>>>medium that would be useful to me for transferring files between the PC
>>>and
>>>the mPower. but since I don't have my mPower yet, I'll get the patch as
>>>part of my transplant. however, if that means future software upgrades
>>>will
>>>use the SD cards, then I'll have to find a card reader for the PC for SD
>>>cards. Hmmm. well, thankfully, I can worry about that in the future.
>>>Sherry
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sarah
>>>Cranston
>>>Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 2:48 PM
>>>To: Braillenote List
>>>Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower
>>>Just be certain the SD card is no larger than 512MB. My 1GB SD/USB
compo
>>>won't work, much to my dismay. Oh well, it just means I get to buy
>>>another
>>>card, which I was also going to do anyway.
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard Ring
>>>Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 4:35 PM
>>>To: Braillenote List
>>>Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower
>>>Ok, so the old consumers are taking the heat!
>>>And, for all of you who purchase SD cards in order to be able to update
>>>your Mpowers, make sure that the SD card you purchase is small, say 128
>>>megabytes. Otherwise, the update still won't work.
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lysander
>>>Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 4:32 PM
>>>To: Braillenote List
>>>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower
>>>Look, there's no way to make everyone happy with this. You have to pick
>>>one,
>>>so it's a question of screwing over the new consumer or screwing over
>>>the
>>>old one? There really isn't another option in this situation. They
>>>appear to
>>>have chosen to screw over hte old one. I was going to buy an SD card
>>>anyway.
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Richard Ring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
>>>Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 1:29 PM
>>>Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower
>>>Jonathan Mosen stated that one of the reasons is that SD cards are
>>>currently the least expensive storage alternative. However, if you
>>>already have CF cards with which you're happy, then the SD is no longer
>>>the least expensive way to go. Why? Because you've already got CF
>>>cards that you can't use to update your Mpower, and the money has
>>>already long been spent on those cards. But, since you have to purchase
>>>an SD card, now you're spending money you wouldn't have had to spend
>>>were this not an upgrade requirement.
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Les
>>>Kriegler
>>>Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 4:12 PM
>>>To: 'Braillenote List'
>>>Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower
>>>Hi Peggy,
>>>Well, I'll throw in my 2 cents here. Having support for an SD card is
>>>great. However, I'd much prefer to see it as an option, not a
>>>requirement.
>>>Since the mPower has a flash slot, and many of us have flash cards that
>>>we
>>>used in the classic units, I'm trying to understand why the designers of
>>>the
>>>mPower designed a unit that supports flash cards but requires SD cards
>>>for
>>>any upgrades? This came up before with the SMA upgrades, and I know it
>>>was
>>>required for those as well, but I'm still struggling with the rationale
>>>for
>>>this apparent requirement.
>>>Best Regards,
>>>Les
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peggy Kern
>>>Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 10:46 AM
>>>To: Braillenote List
>>>Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower
>>>I don't have a problem with getting an SD card; it's just that after
>>>buying
>>>the mPower transplant, a new computer, and two large-sized compact flash
>>>cards (my preferred type of card), I hadn't planned on making any more
>>>purchases for a while. But if it's necessary to have an SD card, I
>>>guess
>>>that's what I'll need to do.
>>>Peggy
>>>At 03:58 AM 11/7/2005, you wrote:
>>>>Peggy,
>>>>I assume, as it's available for download, that it's a free patch and
>>>>therefore it would be to your advantage to download and pop it on an SD
>>>>card. (I didn't have one until very recently either but I don't regret
>>>>the outlay.)
>>>>--
>>>>Carol
>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peggy Kern
>>>>Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 5:44 AM
>>>>To: [email protected]
>>>>Subject: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower
>>>>Hi, all. I just went to the website to read about the patch for the
>>>>mPower, and saw that it requires an SD card, which I don't have. So
>>>>does that mean that in order to download any future upgrades I'll need
>>>>to first buy an SD card, or will Humanware be sending out the patch on
>>>>an SD card to those of us with mPowers, or what?
>>>>Peggy <disappointed that she can't download the patch, although she
>>>>hasn't needed it yet anyway
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