QUESTION: COMPACT FLASH

tkim

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compact flash can hold anything right?? many of the ads i see mention digital pictures and stuff like that but it can hold...let's say, mp3's,mpeg's, and documents?? Thanks!!
 

NFS4

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Yes, all of the above. Anything that you put on your hard drive can be put on the CF card as long as there is enough space.
 

Doggiedog

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I believe you can only hold one of a certain type of file on a card though because of the formatting of the card.

My digital camera cannot read the card if you mix in MP3s and JPGs.

Correct me if I'm wrong.
 

Dark4ng3l

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if you can only put 1 of a file type than all you have to do is zip it in 1 zip file and you're ok.
 

tontod

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If you have a compactflashcard reader, you can use it to upload/download files of any type to and from your computer. But if you put it in a digital camera, only picture files will be recognized, and mp3's (if the camera were to support it).
 

DarkManX

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<< I believe you can only hold one of a certain type of file on a card though because of the formatting of the card.

My digital camera cannot read the card if you mix in MP3s and JPGs.

Correct me if I'm wrong.
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how would your camery interprit an mp3?
 

Doggiedog

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In my camera's instruction manual, it says the camera has to format the card to write/read in a specific format thus it cannot read/write CF cards not formatted by the same type of camera.

<how would your camery interprit an mp3? >

There are cameras that can play MP3s by the way. But to answer your question, what I meant to say was it cannot read cards at all that were not formatted by the camera.
 

LarryJoe

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Some devices format the card in a proprietary way. The RIO series of MP3 players do this and make the card unusable by other devices.

LJ
 

tkim

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well, i'm sure nfs4 knows why i am asking but for all those who responded, (thanks very much btw!~!!!) it's because i bought an ipaq and was in the market for a cf card. right now buy.com has a 160mb card for 134 and i was wondering if it would be able to do EVERYTHING with my ipaq.



BTW, is this a good deal??
lexar cf card
 

Doggiedog

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tkim, if you knew this already then just ignore it but the one big positive about CF card devices versus Smartmedia devices is that they are not limited to a certain size card. Smartmedia devices are hardwired with a certain maximum size card they can use so if a new high density card comes out, an older Smartmedia device will not be able to handle it. CF on the other hand, has the controller built into the card, not the device, so theoretically, you can use any size CF card that comes out.

For my digital camera, I have a 128MB card and I have found that I am not limited by the card but by the battery in my camera. However, you are using your iPaq probably for MP3s, data and maybe pRon :) so I would think 128MB is decent but in the future may not be enough. The one positive thing is if you get a CF card based camera later on, you will be able to use the card in that and buy a larger card for your iPaq.
 

spamboy

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My camara lets me mix and match without issue. It just reads the pictures and ignores the rest.
 

randomlinh

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ok, if you have pron on your PPC, you got probs :p

BTW, kingston will have a 256MB for $150 after rebate in july... may wanna wait for it.

The benefit to the lexar is you get it's Jumpshot cable, which lets you transfer at 8X normal speed (in the case of this card, lexar has 4x cards, and i think some faster than 8x). Note, you can ONLY get this rate with their jumpshot cable, which in the buy.com deal, does include it.
 

tkim

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thanks guys!!!! 256 after july sounds good! man oh man, i can store so many pr0n...i mean mp3's on that thing!!!! ;) how many hours would that be??

i think i will have to wait....one more question though,

how much does access time matter?? there was a thread in another (hotdeal??) forum about access times and how INPORTANT they were. any thoughts??


BTW, thanks again!
 

Doggiedog

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Hehe. The reason why I said pRon was because I know this guy who does have it on his Palm. And the funny thing is it's a B&amp;W palm so it's in grayscale. He was pissed off when I just picked his Palm off his desk and turned it on to see pRon.
 

tkim

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last question,


how much does access time matter?? there was a thread in another (hotdeal??) forum about access times and how INPORTANT they were. any thoughts??