SD Cards

[DawnOfChaos]

Thanks for your replys. We don't have KMart, they shut it down.  My son just went to Target and their 2gb was $30. Don't guess that I will be buying one there. I will check WalMart and Best Buy but figure that I might get one online.

Here is the one I'm using Kingston 4GB SHDC.  Current price as I'm writing this is $8.75 shipped.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134474

[Ruby296]

Thanks for your replys. We don't have KMart, they shut it down.  My son just went to Target and their 2gb was $30. Don't guess that I will be buying one there. I will check WalMart and Best Buy but figure that I might get one online.

If you have a Circuit City the 4 GB are on sale there for $12.99-both Kodak and Lexar brands at our store. 

[Vampyre]

If It doesn't work, i can use it on my computer with my plug in card reader.  It looks like a flash drive but the top is open to slide SDs into it.

[wally]

Are any of you that have the high capacity cards noticing anything odd?  I have a Kingston 4G SDHC class4 card.  It reads just fine, but is terribly slow writing/saving to the card.

- copy from the SDHC card to my Kindle internal memory is fine.
- copy from internal memory to SDHC card is terribly slow, like 1MB/45seconds
- same using the USB-computer: fast read, slow write.

I asked Amazon customer service and they said "SDHC cards are not supported." 

[Sailor]

Are any of you that have the high capacity cards noticing anything odd?  I have a Kingston 4G SDHC class4 card.  It reads just fine, but is terribly slow writing/saving to the card.

- copy from the SDHC card to my Kindle internal memory is fine.
- copy from internal memory to SDHC card is terribly slow, like 1MB/45seconds
- same using the USB-computer: fast read, slow write.

I asked Amazon customer service and they said "SDHC cards are not supported." 

First, Welcome Aboard Wally, you will love it here.

Second, this is the same kind of card I just bought a couple of days ago so haven't had much use of it except to save a few items on it.
I'm looking forward to any feedback on this answer also.

--sailor

[Betsy the Quilter]

Are any of you that have the high capacity cards noticing anything odd?  I have a Kingston 4G SDHC class4 card.  It reads just fine, but is terribly slow writing/saving to the card.

- copy from the SDHC card to my Kindle internal memory is fine.
- copy from internal memory to SDHC card is terribly slow, like 1MB/45seconds
- same using the USB-computer: fast read, slow write.

I asked Amazon customer service and they said "SDHC cards are not supported." 

Wally,

Welcome to Kindleboards and congratulations on your Kindle and on your first post!

Our members have a whole bunch of different cards.  I'm sure someone has one similar to yours and can give feedback.  I have a 2GB card; it did seem to write slowly to it....

Betsy

[TM]

SD cards are one thing I don;lt think I will buy to accessorise... I have a couple for a camera that died... my new one doesn't take them, so now I will finally have a use for them in the Kindle (just gotta figured out where i put them to "easily" find if needed)

[Betsy the Quilter]

Yes, I had a bunch of 2GB I bought last year on sale at Buy.com that were really cheap and free shipping so I could give them to the grandkids.  Had some left, so I'm using them.

Betsy

[Vampyre]

Well I have the 16GB SDHC card coming.  I'll let you know how it works out once I get it.  If my Kindle doesn't like it, I'll stuff it in my camera and use it's card in the Kindle.  I think its a 2 Gig card.

[TM]

I am still trying to figure out where i stashed the SD cards for safekeeping...

[Vampyre]

OH, I hate it when I put something away for later and then forget where i put it.

[TM]

OH, I hate it when I put something away for later and then forget where i put it.

Me too!

Oh well, looks like I have 3 months to figure out where I put them.

[Betsy the Quilter]

Me too!

Oh well, looks like I have 3 months to figure out where I put them.

We just cleaned house to have everyone over for T'giving.  Hate when that happens.  But I think I can find my spare SD cards before my bro's Kindle arrives...

Betsy

[DawnOfChaos]

Are any of you that have the high capacity cards noticing anything odd?  I have a Kingston 4G SDHC class4 card.  It reads just fine, but is terribly slow writing/saving to the card.

- copy from the SDHC card to my Kindle internal memory is fine.
- copy from internal memory to SDHC card is terribly slow, like 1MB/45seconds
- same using the USB-computer: fast read, slow write.

I asked Amazon customer service and they said "SDHC cards are not supported." 

I have had the same problem.  When I plug in my Kindle through the USB it is painfully slow to write directly to the card.  Right now I'm only using it for audiobooks.  So when I need to fill the card, I turn off the Kindle, pop the card out and connect it directly to my computer.  Then the writing to it goes really fast.

[Vampyre]

Drat,  this doesn't sound to promissing at all.

[katiekat1066]

Vampy,
I've got my 16 gig card in my Kindle now, I'm having no problems with it.  I transferred about 100 books onto it using the USB cable, not too slow when I only transferred about 6 books at a time.  I've come across this problem before, a lot of files at the same time seems to take longer than copying a few at a time - i.e. when copying pics from my camera to my computer I have to break them down into groups instead of transferring all at the same time.  Might be a software thing rather than an actual hardware problem.??  Next week I'll be able to tell you if I ran into the same thing with music - I have to find all my music files on the old laptop to transfer over to the Kindle.

[tc]

I bought a 8gb Sandisk SDHC at Office Depot for $9.99.  On Black Friday at that.  Don't know if that was a one day deal or not.  Had to get a printer for my mom and I just checked.

[Jeff]

Drat,  this doesn't sound to promissing at all.

You can always use it in your computer.

[Betsy the Quilter]

Drat,  this doesn't sound to promissing at all.

I transferred a whole bunch of books over to my 2GB card, well, more than 6, about 20?  And yes, it was slow, but I just set it aside to process while I did something else, like post on Kindleboards.  Not a big deal for me, but then I was never one to stand by the fax machine and tap my foot because it wasn't going fast enough.... 

Betsy

[Dori]

That is me Betsy,  I get so much done while downloading music to my computer/mp3/Kindle.   I stay more focused doing a chore then running past computer to check progress.

[Leslie]

You can always use it in your computer.

Although I remember a discussion from the Amazon boards...months ago...cards put in the computer first didn't work in the Kindle? Or vice versa? Something to do with formatting. But my memory is very vague on the details and it may not have been a "real" problem. Anyway, if anyone has an issue, report back here so we all know.

L

[Betsy the Quilter]

Seems sort of odd, as I think the cards I use come preformatted, and certainly weren't intended for the Kindle...  I've never formatted a new SD card, and I think I would have noticed if the camera or PC were doing that...

Betsy

[Leslie]

I tend to buy one card for a device, stick it in and leave it there. I did that with my camera and now with my Kindle. So this whole formatting problem, if one exists, has not been an issue for me. I just remember one thread discussing it, way back in the Amazon forum days.

L

[Betsy the Quilter]

I've moved SD cards around a bit, from camera to Palm T/X to using as a storage card to move files between laptop and desktop.  Never had an issue.  The one for the Kindle was brand new though.  I'll have to do testing.  Little point-and-shoot camera, where are you?

Betsy

[Shizu]

I have so many SD card for so many device. lol  I move around the card with other devices but I don't think I ever format the card. When I remember, what I do is delete everything in the card before putting into new device. When I don't remember, I just use it. lol   I never got any problem.