SD Cards

[Jeff]

I swap them around form my devices and my kids cameras and have never had a problem.

[Vampyre]

Vampy, that was the best. 

I graduated High School in Grdendale, Alabama. 

As far as I know, the only limit to how many samples you can download is the memory of your Kindle. This of course can be remedied by one of these bad boys!

[Vampyre]

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.

It looks like you may have saved 3 or 4 dollars so it's a good deal.  I think most 8GB cards go for around 12-14 dollars depending on the brand and retailer.

[wally]

FYI, as an update, I borrowed a couple other cards to test.

- PQI 2GB SD 150x (not SDHC), worked fine in Kindle
- Sandisk Extreme 4GB Class 6 SDHC, worked fine in Kindle

It seems that my slow-write problem is limited to the combination of my Kindle and my Kingston 4GB Class 4 SDHC.  Those two other cards wrote quite speedily in my Kindle, and all three worked outside the Kindle using a USB adapter.

For those of you wondering what "slow" vs. "fast", I'm getting about 5 minutes / 10MB file vs. about 10sec for the same 10MB file.  The difference is "coffee? never mind, transfer's done" vs. making and finishing that coffee.

Also, reading/copying from the card is fine, the problem is only writing.

[Betsy the Quilter]

Good review, and good clarification on what constitutes "slow."  Thanks!

Betsy

[Angela]

FYI, as an update, I borrowed a couple other cards to test.

- PQI 2GB SD 150x (not SDHC), worked fine in Kindle
- Sandisk Extreme 4GB Class 6 SDHC, worked fine in Kindle

It seems that my slow-write problem is limited to the combination of my Kindle and my Kingston 4GB Class 4 SDHC.  Those two other cards wrote quite speedily in my Kindle, and all three worked outside the Kindle using a USB adapter.

For those of you wondering what "slow" vs. "fast", I'm getting about 5 minutes / 10MB file vs. about 10sec for the same 10MB file.  The difference is "coffee? never mind, transfer's done" vs. making and finishing that coffee.

Also, reading/copying from the card is fine, the problem is only writing.

Hello Wally and welcome to the boards! Thanks for your review. I am still SDless. Waiting on a "good deal." I want to spend as little as possible for a good card!

[Vampyre]

My card is late.  I should of went to new egg but we dont have a new egg link.   I sent them some emal for a status report. no answer yet.

[DawnOfChaos]

It seems that my slow-write problem is limited to the combination of my Kindle and my Kingston 4GB Class 4 SDHC.  Those two other cards wrote quite speedily in my Kindle, and all three worked outside the Kindle using a USB adapter.

Ooooooohhhh......  <<looking for my Sandisk one instead now>>

Thanks!!

[wally]

I tried looking for those old posts that Leslie mentioned, but Amazon only goes back 1023 threads.  There's a few here on KB by her about user reports with possible corruption of the SD card due to being in a PC/camera first (nothing definite).

This led me to remember that my Kingston card was direct from packaging to Kindle, whereas the other two cards I tried are normally used in PC and camera.  Thus my report is backwards to the others.  Oh well.

As for those of you waiting for cheap SD cards, don't expect to find anything under $5-$6.  That's way too low for any profit margin.  I'm seeing about $3/gig regular, $2/gig on sale.  Maybe a tad more if it's a microSD with adapter.  I bought mine for $8/4G w/free shipping (arrived in 2 days!) from newegg.  Yes, I would have saved $2 if I waited for Black Friday...

Basically, you've already spent $300+ for your Kindle.  What's another $10 for 4000 book capacity.  At one book/day, it'll be 10 years to finish all that.

That said, do ask friends/family to see if anyone is willing to part with an old 128MB/256MB 5-yr old unused card if they got a new camera.  It may not hold many pictures/music, but will hold plenty of books.

[tc]

OK for the first I decided to transfer some of the books that I have d/l from manybooks.com to my Kindle. However my computer does not see the SD card. Eliot (my kindle) does see the card and I can transfer books from Eliot's memory to the SD card by way of Content Manager. Am I missing something, done something wrong?

[Shizu]

Are you connecting the kindle and pc via USB or SD card direct to your pc?

If you have the SDHC card, the card reader has to be compatible with it to read. My pc has built-in SD card reader but it is not compatible so I had to buy the card reader that will read the SDHC card.

[Betsy the Quilter]

OK for the first I decided to transfer some of the books that I have d/l from manybooks.com to my Kindle. However my computer does not see the SD card. Eliot (my kindle) does see the card and I can transfer books from Eliot's memory to the SD card by way of Content Manager. Am I missing something, done something wrong?

With your Kindle unattached to the computer, look to see how many drives it shows.  (On my PC, it shows 3 under my computer, C: (the hard drive) D: (the DVD reader/writer) and E: (the built in card reader).

Now, attach your Kindle, SD Card installed, to your computer.  Check again.  You should see the Kindle identified as such and then another drive.  (On my PC, they are F:\Kindle and G:)  The last drive should be the SD card.  Double click on it and you should see some folders and within the folders, your content.  I'm downstairs on the laptop without my Kindle, or I'd tell you the name of the files.

Let me know if this helps!

Betsy

[tc]

Betsy, thanks that did it!  Now I just have to go to my series list and type in the classic series I just on.  I am doing a word doc of my series so I don't have to get on the internet. Thanks again.

[Betsy the Quilter]

Betsy, thanks that did it!  Now I just have to go to my series list and type in the classic series I just on.  I am doing a word doc of my series so I don't have to get on the internet. Thanks again.

Great, occasionally I do something right! LOL!

Betsy

[Glynnis]

I just ordered the San Disk 4GB SDHC card, along with a reader (I don't have one and may want to use that instead of the USB cable for downloading music to the card), for under $10 at Amazon (using the Kindle Boards link, of course!), free shipping (since I had some other stuff to buy) ...


like Windham Hill's Celtic CD - some background music to go with reading historical fiction set in 17th-19th century Scotland, Wales and Ireland, now that I'll have plenty of storage space for music on the SD card!


Glynnis (who now needs to shop for gifts for other people!)
 

[Vampyre]

I just ordered this one...you can never have too much memory...unless your device wont access it.   I plan on adding some pictures and mp3s later on down the line.  I don't like audio books but I might buy one some day.  It could happen

Well I am bummed. My Kindle and my camera refuse to read this card but my computer will if I use my USB card reader.  I emailed them to see i I can refund it or exchange it but I doubt they will allow that. 

My sister and I are planning on a trip to wally world Monday to see about printing out some custom Christmas cards, i check out their supply of SD cards.

[katiekat1066]

I'm sorry to hear that, Vampy!    This is the one I got, it works great:

And its still just $29.99.  I've already filled up more than 2 gig of it with books and a few instrumental music files.  I figured if I had gotten the 4 gig I'd have it full in 6 months at the rate I go through books.  And there are just too many bargains out there.

[Vampyre]

That's the same price I paid for the one I have.  It just went up in price because someone else is selling them now.  I wonder if buynow has the Transcend?

I looked, they do, it's $10.00 more.  I hope I can get a refund then try that one from Amazon.

[pidgeon92]

Well I am bummed. My Kindle and my camera refuse to read this card but my computer will if I use my USB card reader.

Have you tried formatting it again in your PC? The Kindle may be able to access it after that.

[wally]

Well I am bummed. My Kindle and my camera refuse to read this card but my computer will if I use my USB card reader.  I emailed them to see i I can refund it or exchange it but I doubt they will allow that. 

My sister and I are planning on a trip to wally world Monday to see about printing out some custom Christmas cards, i check out their supply of SD cards.

Have you checked the little lock tab?  The other SD card thread reminded me of that.  If my SD card is locked, my Kindle flat-out doesn't see the card.  Computers usually do see it, albeit in read-only mode.

[Vampyre]

Yep. I did all that.  I even made sure it was unlocked by transferring some files to it.  It works just fine if I wanted a 16GB flash drive but my Kindle and my camera don't read it.

I notice that the Kingston I got was class 4 and the Transcend is a class 6.  I have a feeling that may have something to do with it. 

[quiltingdiva257]

Anybody used anything like this?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134720

It seems like a good deal, since I have so many devices that use both SD and microSD cards.  They have an 8GB for $18.99 with free shipping as well, but I don't think that I need that much memory.

Any thoughts?

[Betsy the Quilter]

Note the post before you by Vampyre; the class MAY make a difference, maybe not, we only have one sample.  It looks like the 4 MB is a class 4.

Anyone else?  I'm happy with my Kindston 2 GB.

Betsy

[wally]

  That kingston looks like a good deal:  microsd + multiple adapters.  I can't read the class on that package, I'm guessing class4.  Class (i.e. speed) usually isn't all that important unless you're recording video.
  For Kindle use, I'm reluctant since I have write issues with my Kingston 4Gb C4+ kindle, and Vampy's Kingston 16Gb C4 doesn't work in her kindle.  But we're just two out of a board full of members.

[Cat]

Anybody used anything like this?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134720

It seems like a good deal, since I have so many devices that use both SD and microSD cards.  They have an 8GB for $18.99 with free shipping as well, but I don't think that I need that much memory.

Any thoughts?

ARGH! I just bought the identical set for $2 more from another site. sigh. At any rate, it works fine with Skinderella. As a matter of fact, it even works with my cellphone, which is supposed to only accept 2g micro cards.