Ottawa Canada Dear Kristen and list:
Pretty much any SD card (but not an SDHC cared!) will work for the upgrade as long as it is between 64 and 512 MB capacity inclusive. 512 MB doesn't sound like a lot of storage, and if you have a lot of media files it isn't, but it is almost as much as a full data CD which is around 600 MB. My 512 MB card was $24.95 at The Source by Circuit City here in Canada, so is probably US $19.95 at Circuit City or Radio Shack in the USA. If you want to put a lot of files onto one SD card, ask your parents to buy say a 4 GB SD card or: Say an 8 GB USB Drive which will fit into one of the USB ports on your Mpower and will be known as the "Hard Drive" by KeySoft. My 8 GB USB Drive with a retractable plug was $150 on sale at The Source by Circuit City in Ottawa, Canada and would probably be around US $129.95 at Circuit City or Radio Shack. If you have any problems handling small things, you may find handling a USB Drive (also known as a Thumb Drive) easier than an SD or CF card. If in doubt, ask your parents to buy a much cheaper 2 GB USB Drive the same shape and size as an 8 GB one and see if you have trouble handling it, inserting and withdrawing it and especially retracting the plug for it. Better to spend $49.95 or so than over a hundred dollars and find out you have trouble using it. I copied tons of PC files onto a 2 GB USB Drive I am sending to a friend and there is still over 1 GB free on the drive! You could stuff a good chunk of The Library Of Congress onto an 8 GB USB drive. While the Mpower cannot use an SDHC card in the SD card slot, these cards often come with an adapter to plug them into a USB port and they work like a charm on the Mpower in a USB port with their little adapter. At present, SDHC cards are commonly available up to 8 GB and are available in 16 and 32 GB as well, but these cards are brand new in the marketplace and cost a lot. However it is much more convenient to carry just one 32 GB SDHC card and its USB adapter than a pocket full well eight 4 GB SD cards! But if you ever lose your 32 GB SDHC card, or it goes bad, you could lose every file you have ever created in a lifetime! Toshiba Electric is presently the only maker of 16 and 32 GB SDHC cards. Give it a year or so and these cards will be selling for a quarter of their present introductory price! So you may wish for your parents to buy one 512 MB card for the upgrade and for use with future upgrades, and a much larger SD card for storing your files on. Backing up your important files to another device, such as a CF card or USB drive is strongly recommended! Would you want to say lose your 20-page essay for school when you accidentally delete it or your card goes bad? I sure don't think so! Not sure of prevailing prices in your area. Suppose you could go card shopping with your parents and see what different brands and storage capacities are going for. Hope this helps. Brian Brian K. Lingard email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: ve3yiab2ji15 tel: +1 (613) 247-0665 New York NY Tel +1 (646) 797-2862 FAX +1 (613) 247-9998 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.1/981 - Release Date: 31/08/2007 6:13 AM ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
