Brandon Miniman
11-26-2006, 08:51 PM
There’s no doubt that there are too many flash memory formats out there. SecureDigital, whether it be regular SD, miniSD, or microSD, seems to be taking hold as the preferred means of storage for many of our mobile devices.
There’s a new standard to remember – you may have read about it – called SDHC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital_card#SD_and_SDHC_-_compatibility). The HC stands for High Capacity, and allows for capacities up to a mouth-watering 32GB. The problem is that most older SD reader devices (such as that found in your WM device) won’t be able to access an SDHC unless the reader has the SD 2.0 standard. Confused yet? The good news is that by the time SDHC becomes affordable and is produced on a larger scale, our devices should be up to date with the SD 2.0 standard, allowing us to tote large amounts of digital media in our pockets.
There’s a new standard to remember – you may have read about it – called SDHC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital_card#SD_and_SDHC_-_compatibility). The HC stands for High Capacity, and allows for capacities up to a mouth-watering 32GB. The problem is that most older SD reader devices (such as that found in your WM device) won’t be able to access an SDHC unless the reader has the SD 2.0 standard. Confused yet? The good news is that by the time SDHC becomes affordable and is produced on a larger scale, our devices should be up to date with the SD 2.0 standard, allowing us to tote large amounts of digital media in our pockets.