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microSD cards are a pain to handle though, unless you have tweezers for hands. CF cards all the way!
by null_ptr 13y ago
microSD cards are a pain to handle though, unless you have tweezers for hands. CF cards all the way!
- r00fus 13y agoWith a 128GB card, you might not have to do much handling. Just put it in and you have as much memory as the biggest iPad. I heard that KitKat isn't too friendly towards app usage of external media. With that and the lack of card slots for newer smartphones, what the biggest usage today of such media?
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- manicdee 13y agoIf you're a photographer, that card is likely to be coming out of your camera every time you finish a shoot. The camera certainly isn't going to get the data off the card at the full 90MB/s over USB 2.0. SD card gets the format right for me: I find SIMs to be the limit of my manual dexterity. The microSD format is just a data loss disaster waiting for a place to happen.
- toomuchtodo 13y agoSolution: SD card for caching, but transfer off of cameras using 802.11ac.
- guyzero 13y agoThe just-released Galaxy S 5 has a MicroSD slot. So not all Android phones have removed SD storage.
- rasz_pl 13y agoDont worry, Google just removed full SD access for apps in kitkat :) so that slot is great for storing cat videos you record, and not much else.
- aestra 13y ago>lack of card slots for newer smartphones My Galaxy S4 uses microSD. Use cases? Phones, tablets, GPSes, MP3/portable video players...?
- bluedino 13y agoPerfect for MacBook Airs with 64/128GB SSD's, since the 13" model has an SD card slot
- jjsz 13y agoAlso complimentary for Gigabyte U2442s with 128gb and their xHDDs, since 14" Gigabytes have dual air venting systems with GPUs able to play Titanfall decently.
- dwd 13y agoThe SD adapter sits out way too far to not accidentally knock the card if you leave it in permanently. I switched to using these: http://www.sandisk.com.au/products/usb/drives/cruzer-fit/ http://www.sandisk.com.au/products/usb/drives/cruzer-fit/ and hopefully a 128Gb version is not far away.
- bluedino 13y agoThat's where the Nifty Minidrive comes in. You can use a MicroSD card in the adapter to fit in a SD card slot flush.
- Kurtz79 13y agoYes, the size is now big enough to consider them as a storage/secondary hard drive for ultrabooks. How would read/write speeds compare to, say, a USB3 external drive ?
- fpgeek 13y agoYou don't need a card slot. If your device supports USB-OTG you can get one of these: http://www.meenova.com/st/p/m3r.html http://www.meenova.com/st/p/m3r.html Mine works great with my Nexus 7 (no root required thanks to Nexus Media Importer).
- cc439 13y agoThat seems like a great way to break the already weak connector on the 2012 N7. I know there are alternatives but nothing can match the integration of an internal MicroSD slot, even if it's inconveniently located behind a battery.
- anigbrowl 13y agoCF cards are falling out of favor with many people because if you screw up and break one of the pins on the CF receptacle, your device is probably hosed (a big problem for a camera person or musician) and will certainly require an expensive repair. SD cards are fiddly, I agree, but on the upside there seems to be a lower likelihood of breakage. EDIT: of course this is about MicroSD, I agree those are fiddly. But damn impressive all the same.
- kyriakos 13y agoProfessional cameras still use CF though.