SD Card Capacity for Tungsten E

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I am trying to determine the largest SD card that a Tungsten E can handle.

Somebody I talked to said that they thought the Tungsten E could only handle
SD cards up to 128 MB or maybe 256 MB. However a website I found yesterday
via Google said that Palm was making a 512 MB card that would work in the
Tungsten E. Since SD is a multi-vendor standard, I'm assuming that if a Palm
SD card of 512 MB works in a Tungsten E, another vendor's 512 MB card would
also work. (Please correct me if I'm wrong!) Unfortunately, I haven't been
able to find the webpage that talked about the Palm 512 MB SD card again.

I also saw a year-old newsgroup post a few minutes ago that specifically
said that a Tungsten E would be able to read a 1 GB or even a 2 GB SD card.

I sent an inquiry to Palm asking about this issue and was told that a
Tungsten E can only handle up to 256 MB.

At this point, I don't know WHAT to believe any more! Even Palm is providing
conflicting information - 512 vs 256 - so I thought I'd ask here.

Has anyone been able to read *AND* write any of these in their Tungsten E?
- 256 MB
- 512 MB
- 1 GB
- 2 GB (not sure if these are available yet)

Also, would the brand of SD card make any difference? For example, if a 1 GB
SanDisk SD works, can I be sure that a 1 GB Kingmax will work?

I would really like to get a reliable answer on this issue since I would
like to get a 1 GB SD card for my Tungsten E.

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Rhino
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so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to
make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." - C.A.R.
Hoare

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"Rhino" <rhino1@NOSPAM.sympatico.ca> wrote in
news:163nd.28580$Ho4.1395079@news20.bellglobal.com:

> I am trying to determine the largest SD card that a Tungsten E can
> handle.
>snip>
> I also saw a year-old newsgroup post a few minutes ago that
> specifically said that a Tungsten E would be able to read a 1 GB or
> even a 2 GB SD card.
>
> I sent an inquiry to Palm asking about this issue and was told that a
> Tungsten E can only handle up to 256 MB.
>

Mine will not do so properly. It will handle a 512 (Panasonic) as long
as I do not use more than 50% of it. Repeatedly, the T|E will lose it if
I hand it more than 256 to chew on. Sounds like the folks at Palm were
being straight with you. I have several 256 cards that function fine and
give no problems and I have never had any problems with cards of lesser
size.

Units manufactured more recently than my 1.5 yr old unit *may* have
solved the pointer problem or mapping error, but that would be pure
speculation on my part.

-S-

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"Rhino" <rhino1@NOSPAM.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:163nd.28580$Ho4.1395079@news20.bellglobal.com...
> I am trying to determine the largest SD card that a Tungsten E can handle.
>
>
> Has anyone been able to read *AND* write any of these in their Tungsten E?
> - 256 MB
> - 512 MB
> - 1 GB

I have all of these. No problems so far.

> - 2 GB (not sure if these are available yet)

Not seen or tried.

>
> Also, would the brand of SD card make any difference? For example, if a 1
GB
> SanDisk SD works, can I be sure that a 1 GB Kingmax will work?
>
> I would really like to get a reliable answer on this issue since I would
> like to get a 1 GB SD card for my Tungsten E.
>

I have tried several different brands (Lexar, PNY, SanDisk, PQI) and several
different manufacturers (Toshiba, SanDisk, Unknown). All worked fine. The
only significant difference I have seen is in the write speeds. Reads seem
to be fine on all of them.

Peter

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"Rhino" <rhino1@NOSPAM.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:163nd.28580$Ho4.1395079@news20.bellglobal.com...
> I am trying to determine the largest SD card that a Tungsten E can handle.
>
> Somebody I talked to said that they thought the Tungsten E could only
handle
> SD cards up to 128 MB or maybe 256 MB. However a website I found yesterday
> via Google said that Palm was making a 512 MB card that would work in the
> Tungsten E. Since SD is a multi-vendor standard, I'm assuming that if a
Palm
> SD card of 512 MB works in a Tungsten E, another vendor's 512 MB card
would
> also work. (Please correct me if I'm wrong!) Unfortunately, I haven't been
> able to find the webpage that talked about the Palm 512 MB SD card again.
>
> I also saw a year-old newsgroup post a few minutes ago that specifically
> said that a Tungsten E would be able to read a 1 GB or even a 2 GB SD
card.
>
> I sent an inquiry to Palm asking about this issue and was told that a
> Tungsten E can only handle up to 256 MB.
>
> At this point, I don't know WHAT to believe any more! Even Palm is
providing
> conflicting information - 512 vs 256 - so I thought I'd ask here.
>
> Has anyone been able to read *AND* write any of these in their Tungsten E?
> - 256 MB
> - 512 MB
> - 1 GB
> - 2 GB (not sure if these are available yet)
>
> Also, would the brand of SD card make any difference? For example, if a 1
GB
> SanDisk SD works, can I be sure that a 1 GB Kingmax will work?
>
> I would really like to get a reliable answer on this issue since I would
> like to get a 1 GB SD card for my Tungsten E.
>
Thank you all very much for your replies to my question. I know feel MUCH
better about the prospects of making a 1 GB card work with my Tungsten E.
When Palm sends me their followup questionaire about the help they gave me,
I will be sure to tell that what I have learned; perhaps they can give their
support staff the correct answers to that question so that no one is given
false information again, at least with respect to that question.

Thanks again!

Rhino