SD card - memory or storage space?

[fallenangel99]

With the recent announcement of the Kindle Fire and Nook, I have been curious as to the use of "memory" in marketing materials.

I thought SD card slots were additional space, not additional memory. I always assumed SD cards were like USB drives - additional space if you needed to transport data and not additional memory, which can be used by the OS.

For example, read Nook's specs. It talks about "memory" being expandable by a SD card slot.

Can the table OS' take advantage of the SD space/memory? or is the SD cards in these tablets just for data storage purposes and nothing more?

Reference link: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/nook-tablet-barnes-noble/1104687969#nook-commentary-specs-1

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[Denithor]

SD cards = storage only

Marketing lingo ftl

 

[Jeff7]

SD cards = storage only

Marketing lingo ftl

I hear it's got a 2GB CPU in it too. :awe:


Marketing materials are not necessarily written by anyone who has even the slightest idea as to how the product works.

 

[Coup27]

Marketing materials are not necessarily written by anyone who has even the slightest idea as to how the product works.

+1. You were correct originally in the difference between memory and storage.