Interesting that there are these problems with certain units. Now I forgot exactly which unit I got - the 210 or the 211. (arrival pending)

I also sprung for the transcend 16GB SDHC and the transcend 16GB CF (i had good experience with them in the past). It was mentioned both in the description of the A-data CF card as well as the transcend that there is a "sleep" mode (whatever that means for CF cards). It will be interesting to see if there is a similar phenomena.

David Hettel - didn't you intend to return your 210-11-14? What made u change your mind?

I forgot - is pocket mechanic professional considered a good tool to benchmark write/read speeds from an SD/SDHC card? (this is my own ignorance and not sarcasm). If so, did you use it to measure speeds from different readers - or just from the PDA?

I am waiting for HP to get back to me. It is a case of don't call us we will call you.... And so far they have not returned my called. I have a 210 that the speaker has failed on.

I have used pocket mechanic professional on a number of PDAs, and it gives relatively consistent results in my experience. There is not a wide range of products in this category for PDAs.

hasnt this topic of transfer speed in writing files to the SD and CF slots been discussed to death on other threads?
cfard speed is irrelevent. it is the speed at which the PDA reads/writes that is important. buying a 133x card wont get files writing faster than a 60x card. another analogy is that my old cd burner is a 4x burner. if i put 52x blanks in it wont it write faster? no it cant.....

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