It has been over two months now since I started using my new LG VX-8100 cell phone and after hundreds of pictures, I finally decided to confess that I was wrong.

When I said "size does not matter," I was mistaken. What I should have said was "the bigger the better." So I decided to upgrade and buy a miniSD card that would hold more; the SanDisk miniSD 1GB flash memory card. My phone is great but I just did not want to be limited to just 20 or so pictures and video clips with the built in memory and hundred or so with the 256MB miniSD. I needed more space and freedom. I went online to Tigerdirect.com and purchased this MiniSD for about $75.


DESCRIPTION :
The SanDisk 1 GB Secure Digital Mini is a tiny (almost like those Olympus xD picture cards) storage device that plugs into any compatible device and extends the storage space enormously. 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 MiniSD to SD adapter so you can use it in any memory card reader (I use the SanDisk ImageMate 8-in-1 card reader).

Since I ran out of space often with the 256MB card that I purchased about two months ago, I think this 1GB card has made my life easier and is also saving me some money. I used to take pictures on my phone and email (costs money) 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.


WHY I BOUGHT IT?
In the beginning I thought I would not need any more space when I bought the 256MB card, but boy was I wrong. After just a few weeks I started running out of space and had to frequently transfer the pictures and clips to my computer. Then finally I decided to purchase this memory card so I will not run out of space that often. I take a lot of pictures and video clips so I do not want to have to email one file at a time to myself (time and money consuming) to be able to delete it and get more space. Now I do not have to worry about it because I can virtually store about 500 pictures, video clips, and sounds on it. I also bought this because my phone can play MP3's and I needed a memory card to store them on to play it on my stereo phone.

I already have a card reader on my desktop computer and my laptop has a SD card reader built in also, so I was all set to go. Even though my phone has Bluetooth capabilities, it still requires some special configurations and time to transfer files to and from it (now I only use it to transfer ringers and backup my phonebook). I can access everything else via this miniSD card.

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