Twelve Gig in my pocket

[terrykrueger]

I am too much of a wussy to flash with the newest ROM yet so let me bring up a more benign subject. . .

So I have all of these itty bitty Micro SD's now (8,2,1,1) and they are always falling out of my pocket and stuff. I have a case for SD but its just so big and can be left behind easily. Is there any battery door or anything that has a few small compartments to put these things in? I was thinking about building something that permanently attaches to the phone - or just super gluing micro-SD to SD adapters all over the phone, which should increase resale value

And now I miss the mini-sd from the 6700 because at least I could find them easier.

[eehrhard]

Originally Posted by terrykrueger

I am too much of a wussy to flash with the newest ROM yet so let me bring up a more benign subject. . .

So I have all of these itty bitty Micro SD's now (8,2,1,1) and they are always falling out of my pocket and stuff. I have a case for SD but its just so big and can be left behind easily. Is there any battery door or anything that has a few small compartments to put these things in? I was thinking about building something that permanently attaches to the phone - or just super gluing micro-SD to SD adapters all over the phone, which should increase resale value

And now I miss the mini-sd from the 6700 because at least I could find them easier.

I keep two MicroSD cards in my battery compartment of my phone. If you slide them against the top of the battery they do not affect the rear cover at all plus i use the Seidio case on top of that. You could probably fit all 4 back there if you wanted. Just a thought, It works for me.

[Ovendoor]

Originally Posted by eehrhard

I keep two MicroSD cards in my battery compartment of my phone. If you slide them against the top of the battery they do not affect the rear cover at all plus i use the Seidio case on top of that. You could probably fit all 4 back there if you wanted. Just a thought, It works for me.

I also roll this way. My 2 extra 4gb cards fit nicely under the battery cover....Because God help me if I didn't have all 12gb of storage on me @the same time.

Emergency!

[eehrhard]

Originally Posted by Ovendoor

I also roll this way. My 2 extra 4gb cards fit nicely under the battery cover....Because God help me if I didn't have all 12gb of storage on me @the same time.

Emergency!

My problem was a bit different. I really dont care about having all my storage on me its just that with the size of these damn microsd cards they are nearly impossible to keep track of.

Sometimes smaller isnt really better. Wasnt MiniSD really small enough? Pretty soon there will probably be some NanoSD which is a quarter the size of the the Micro and you will have to use jewelers tools to install it.

[Ovendoor]

Originally Posted by eehrhard

My problem was a bit different. I really dont care about having all my storage on me its just that with the size of these damn microsd cards they are nearly impossible to keep track of.

Sometimes smaller isnt really better. Wasnt MiniSD really small enough? Pretty soon there will probably be some NanoSD which is a quarter the size of the the Micro and you will have to use jewelers tools to install it.

I just like to be prepared for any situation that might call for entertaining myself for hours. You never know when you might flip you car into an NON-EVDO ravine and need those cards to occupy time while waiting for rescue.

[jjlwork]

Originally Posted by eehrhard

Sometimes smaller isnt really better. Wasnt MiniSD really small enough? Pretty soon there will probably be some NanoSD which is a quarter the size of the the Micro and you will have to use jewelers tools to install it.

I think the benifit of the smaller card is so that the hardware used to read that card can be smaller thus making the devices smaller and lighter, in this form factor, every bit of space counts, I think that is why they piggy backed the audio on the USB drive too after all they have to have one to hook it up to a computer and that means they don't need to waste the space putting in a 3.5" jack. Everyhting is about making the device lighter smaller and with more features after all right?

Another thought is with the advances they are making with these things it won't be long until we see 40GB or even larger solid state drive preinstalled in these device.

[eehrhard]

Originally Posted by jjlwork

I think the benifit of the smaller card is so that the hardware used to read that card can be smaller thus making the devices smaller and lighter, in this form factor, every bit of space counts, I think that is why they piggy backed the audio on the USB drive too after all they have to have one to hook it up to a computer and that means they don't need to waste the space putting in a 3.5" jack. Everyhting is about making the device lighter smaller and with more features after all right?

Another thought is with the advances they are making with these things it won't be long until we see 40GB or even larger solid state drive preinstalled in these device.

I absolutly know that that is the reason. It doesnt make them easy to keep track of though. To tell you the truth I really do not not want my ppc much smaller. Thinner, fine. But personally I would actually like a nice VGA or better resolution screen that was a wee bit bigger. I think you meant the 1.5 jack for headsets right? I think they got rid of it since bluetooth has gotten so popular and at least they did include an adapter even if it is kind of an akward one.

I agree too that future ppcs will probably really not have much use for external storage. As the price of flash drops we will get more and more internal storage just like you can pick up a lappy with 350 GB now or a desktop with 1TB pretty regularly. Hell look at the new Ipods, I look enviously at the 160GB classic.

[Vinny]

I was just thinking about this the other day, why doesnt Seido or someone makes this.. the factory battery cover already has ridges on the inside that are the same depth as a microsd crd, it is just a little too narror... widen those out, add a lip to hold the card.. and bam

[qwho]

do you guys actually have a situation where you need to swap out micro sd cards? mine never leaves my phone, and it's only 2 gig. I guess you have a lot of music?

I've got mine loaded with music, maps of pennsylvania for mapopolis, and two lucasarts scummvm games. Not to mention all the cab files of all the apps I installed on here. I was thinking of getting an 8 gig for more stuff, but I donno why I'd need to swap out any cards.

[eehrhard]

Originally Posted by qwho

do you guys actually have a situation where you need to swap out micro sd cards? mine never leaves my phone, and it's only 2 gig. I guess you have a lot of music?

I've got mine loaded with music, maps of pennsylvania for mapopolis, and two lucasarts scummvm games. Not to mention all the cab files of all the apps I installed on here. I was thinking of getting an 8 gig for more stuff, but I donno why I'd need to swap out any cards.

I have a 4GB and 2 2GB cards. I use the 4 for most everything but I have Navigon installed on one 2GB since it takes up pretty much the whole card and just music on the other 2. The 4GB is all of my programs and everything I use daily.