I have a class 2, 8GB Transcend in my Treo 680. It feels slower than the old Crucial 1GB card I had, when used to load files into documents to go. Mainly I use it for holding books and music. Here speed does not make any difference.
Initially when I tried to move all my files across onto the card I tried using Card Export - forget it, it took far too long (fine for the odd office file but not large amounts of data. So then I tried putting it into my card reader - didn't work. I had to purchase a new card reader that would handle SDHC cards. Once the new card reader arrived, the card became usable. I was able to copy all my music and books to the card. I use two book readers, eReader and Mobipocket. In the case of eReader I don't have that many books, in the case of Mobipocket I have hundreds. Mobipocket does not like you having large numbers of its books on the card, it keeps trying to scan them all and hangs. Lesson learned, I only keep about a dozen or twenty on the card at any one time. Conclusion. These slower large cards are generally fine for music and books and the odd office files, but I would not like to try synchronising large amounts of data to them on a daily basis. What I have not tried yet (may buy one) is the Seido cradle and USB 2 cable, anyone any experience of this? http://www.seidioonline.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=42 Cheers Mark On 23/02/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm very put off by the results of that test on the ExtremeTech website. I > mean the class 6 SanDisk didn't even deliver the "guaranteed" 6MB/s only > 5.7 if my math is right (for once in this forum). > > And here you've got a class 2 (Kingston) performing virtually as well as > the best class 6 which is 11.7MB/s that'd be almost a class 12. > > I'm beginning to think "class" in regards to SDHC cards is just a branding > "shell" to charge more for less. > > Maybe its just flash memory. I'm used to HD specs. They are relatively > predictable. For example SCSI 1, 2, 3, ultra-160 or ultra-320. With those > standards you can expect the same results. Same with ATA versus SATA. > > Is something effecting the results that has not been considered? Could the > type of PC flash reader/writer could effect performance? Anyone have any > light on what is skewing the performance so much? > > As far as buying an 8GB class 4 or 6 card, what is to say they would > follow similar results as the 4GB cards in relation to the brands. > > > > I installed Card Reader this morning and am glad to say it works as > > advertised. Haven't tried the BT FTP feature yet. > > > > Did get an interesting reply from Softick first: > > They are _planning_ for a new release (3.0 so most likely an upgrade you > > need to pay for) which will have support for 680 and background mode. > > Finally, I though. But then it said: Estimate Time of Launch (get hold > of > > yourself) : END MARCH ! > > > > That's when I decided to get Card Reader and try it out ... I mean, come > > on. > > We need to stay at least a bit serious, right ? > > Customer support is not understood the same way everywhere I guess ... > > > > So warning to all 680 users out there looking for a feature that allows > > you > > to use your SD card as USB stick: forget about Card Export for the > coming > > 6 > > weeks. Get CardReader and live happily. > > > > Greetz, > > Nico. > > > > On 2/23/07, Sandro Campos Mancini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Nico, go for it and don't even look back. > >> > >> Card Reader works BEAUTIFULLY with my Treo 680, even in BACKGROUND > mode! > >> > >> As far as I can tell, Softick can't do the background dance, can it? > >> > >> Well, a software that does less, and crashes while doing it... it isn't > >> much > >> of a competitor, is it? :p > >> > >> Oh, did I tell you that the newest version of Card Reader even has a > >> Bluetooth mode that allows FTP Bluetooth transfers? It is experimental > >> but > >> it works just fine, no crashes as well in my Treo 680. > >> > >> So now you have Card Export + Softick's FTP Bluetooth application > (which > >> I > >> can't recall the name) for the price of one! :) > >> > >> []s > >> Sandro Campos Mancini > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Nico" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 8:19 PM > >> Subject: Re: [Treo] Re: SDHC speed test > >> > >> > >> > Card Export II is not yet fully compatible with Treo 680. > >> > I have a close to 100% crash rate (locked or unlocked does not make > >> any > >> > difference). > >> > > >> > Softick is aware and I am in contact with them since early January on > >> > this. > >> > They said it would take them between 4 and 6 weeks but I haven't > heard > >> > from > >> > them yet. > >> > > >> > Maybe I need to bite the bullet and move over to Card Reader since I > >> > really > >> > need a working solution for quite a while already !! > >> > > >> > Greetz, > >> > Nico. > >> > >> > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups - Join or create groups, clubs, forums & communities. > Links > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
