You haven't mentioned a physical size requiment. Untethered SIM cards (and probably SD cards) are a tad small - and too easily lost.
Also is security/privacy and reliability an issue? Rather SIM - what about the phone itself. In 1st world countries we are approaching 1:1 ratio. Provide you connect to the phone (Bluetooth/GSM/IR) it is a pretty good storage device that people tend to look after. (bCode uses this principle for it's ticketing scheme) On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looking for a cheap data storage solution for many people. The > requirements are as follows: > > * CHEAP (very important) > * storage space isn't important - maybe a couple of hundred kilobytes max. > * media can be lost and replaced without much trouble/cost > * media can be easily read/written by an ordinary Linux computer > * media and media reader must be reasonably durable > * scalable: the media should be distributable to millions of people > > Flash memory is too expensive - I'm looking for cards that cost <$1 > each. I was thinking that SIM cards (like what you get in your phone) > would fit the bill. Is it possible to use these as a generic storage > medium? All the information I could find on USB SIM card readers > mention that the SIM is accessed as a serial rather than a storage > device. > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Regards, Martin Martin Visser -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
