hands down best microsd card. and a great price for the capacity! even if other cards will show faster throughput, this card can random write and read like a heavyweight champ. i use it to run android on my winmo phone.... its awesome!
This is a class 4 card, correct? How do those speeds you mention compare to a reliable/true class 10 card?
Here's some benchmarks: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1582172
(Not the most comprehensive or most scientific but the best I've come across)
from all the things i read, it really doesnt matter unless you get a sandisk class 10 card. also, the class rating only specifies how fast the cards write. its common to have class 4 cards read at the same speeds as class 10's.
but where the sandisk really murders all others is the random read/write. basically, its overall performance is tops. thats why these cards are regularly noted as the only brand you should get if youre running programs or os's off the card.
now if youre just going to load up a bunch of mp3's and usually do nothing but read from the card, then any brand will perform similarly... however sandisk is also known for high reliability, and when you factor in the price (on par with other brands), its a no brainer.
This is not exactly true. The class speed specified the mininum read/write speed. Older class 2 cards (for example) could not achieve the same read speed as class 10. The problem with the class specification is that it is voluntary system (vendors can rate the cards as they please and no organization is going to enforce that the mininum requirements are met).