Thinking of getting a CF disk card

If you get an SD card, you are limited to 1 GB. Angstrom MIGHT support larger capacities/SDHC cards. It does on the clamshell models, but I have no idea if the SL-5x00 models are in the same boat.

For CF cards, you're not limited at all.

If you mean a CF (compact flash) card, I can say that my sl5500 handles 1 gig cards just fine, and I also have a 2 gig CF card that works as well, using Sharp ROM 2.38.

but what's more important to me is the loading time. I prefer using 512 MB cards as they take less time to insert and eject on the 5500.

I keep lots of backups and ipks around which is easier for me than having to find things that might have retired off the web.

And also very important to get a brand you can trust. Don't scrimp on something that might be a lemon or counterfeit.

I do well with Lexar and Sandisk CF cards. Had bad experiences with an off brand that I wrote up on my blog:

http://wordpress.com/tag/cf-card-issues/

http://sdjf.wordpress.com/category/hardware-adventures

My blog seems to be the only one at wordpress using that tag, but you may also want to read the other posts about SD card issues as well.

sdjf

Hmm, about that limited life span, it's huge. I have files on the original CF cards I got about three years ago that are still quite readable.

Just having files sit shouldn't be an issue, it's if you read them trillions of times that maybe something will wear out. But even the Z wears out and you have to make backups on an external media, huh? I mean, once you do any geeky things or just install a wrong package, files can get really messed up and having no backups is not wise.

http://sdjf.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/backups

Permanent is a very relative term. At some point, you run out of space. I sure do, ending up with less than 500k on both Z's and I am constantly struggling to decide what I can remove from the Z.

For me, where to put files is a function of how fast I want them to load and how easy I want to access them. I have a main SD card, and another one just for pages saved with Opera. CF cards each have their own division of labor...it gets too hard otherwise for me to know where to find things.

sdjf

Drat! I just wrote a long reply that disappeared into the ethers of lynx's back button. Ah well.

Please plan on making an external backup when you can, anyhow, to guard against unexpected problems such as power supply issues that can wipe out files.

sdjf

Hullo folks.

So I decided splurge on a compact flash card... Sandisk SDCFB1024800. Turns out it's a type 1 card and I can't cancel it anymore (it's shipping as we speak). I'm wondering if there are any options for me to use it on my Z or should I just use it elsewhere.

in doing this If the capacity is more than 2 GB I will find something to fill that up with for storage. Maybe store away220-604 some of those mpeg1 videos I have that I don't want 646-976 sitting in my hdd. Much of what I do with the Z has always been limited by the fact that I don't really have a lot of things on it safe a wireless lan CF card (which I barely use) and the 70-453 SD card that's too small.
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