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Written by Vikram Chand   
Friday, 28 July 2006
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SanDisk TransFlash microSD 1GB Flash Memory Card
Big room to fit just about anything with this tiny card...

My wife and I just upgraded our phones because I always want the newest technology and plus my wife’s phone was old and slow.

I used to have the LG VX-8100 and I replaced it with the new Motorola Razr V3M cell phone. My wife had the Samsung A670 and she replaced that with the newer Samsung A950 cell phone. Luckily, both of these phones have a TransFlash or microSD slot so I did not have to buy different cards. But I had to get rid of my older SanDisk miniSD cards as I do not have use for them anymore. Maybe I can sell them on eBay later. I bought two of these 1GB SanDisk TransFlash microSD cards from Newegg.com for about $40 each (plus shipping) – I thought that was a great deal.


DESCRIPTION :
The SanDisk 1 GB TransFlash card is a very tiny (even smaller than those Olympus xD picture cards) storage device that plugs into any compatible device and extends the storage space enormously. This card is very small and sometimes it is hard to get a hold of it. If you have long nails, than you probably won’t be able to grab this card. It is a plug-n-play (PNP) device, so the phone you plug this into will have no trouble recognizing it. The package also comes with a TransFlash or microSD to SD adapter so you can use it in any memory card reader that supports SD (I use my SanDisk ImageMate 8-in-1 card reader to transfer files on it).

I learned my lesson last time when I bought a 256 MB miniSD for my last phone and went straight for the 1GB this time to skip all the hassle. I used to take pictures on my phone and email (costs money or air time) them from my phone to my Yahoo email account; then I would have to download them to my computer. Now, all I do is take the picture and when I am ready, I just plug the card into the adapter and then into my reader and I am done. All the pictures and video clips are there; just have to copy them to my hard drive. Another good thing about this is that I can transfer the video clips or flix from the card to my 60GB iPod Video (after transferring them to the computer first).


WHY I BOUGHT IT?
Well, my wife and I take lots of pictures and record lost of video clips on our phones, so we needed something with huge storage space and this 1GB TransFlash cards provides just that. Now we do not have to worry about running out of space because I can virtually store hundreds of pictures, video clips, and music on my phone. We already have a card reader on my desktop computer and my laptop has a SD card reader built in also, so we were all set to go. Even though our phones have Bluetooth capabilities, it still requires some special configurations and time to transfer files to and from the phones (knowing Verizon they disabled file transfer on these phones so we can only sync our phonebook and calendar, but I am working on getting it to work).


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