Transcend 4GB SD, $150 shipped. $120 after $30 rebate.

03-14-06, 10:26 PM

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...ctCode=83135-1

zipzoomfly just got the Transcend 4GB SD card back in stock.
$149.99 with free 2 day shipping
After $30 manufacturer rebate (expires 3/27/2006), the price is really $119.99!

PaulSM · 03-15-06, 02:35 AM

Just ordered one. Thanks.
Now my eyes are on the 8GB CF.

03-15-06, 09:41 AM

Not bad. Thanks for the heads up!

hopper13 · 03-15-06, 09:47 AM

Shows out of stock already :-(

03-15-06, 11:38 AM

Too bad :(

If this works for my X5 I would get it in a heartbeat (well when it is available again)

Li0rE · 03-15-06, 11:54 AM

great deal thanks.

03-15-06, 12:57 PM

it's back in stock.

03-15-06, 05:32 PM

Must resist....

03-16-06, 01:10 AM

Yes it is!

I wish this works with the X5! I gotta do some research!

conjett · 03-16-06, 08:09 PM

Wow, flash memory prices are dropping faster than President Bush's poll numbers. Great deal!

mphayvanh · 03-16-06, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by conjett

Wow, flash memory prices are dropping faster than President Bush's poll numbers. Great deal!

Funny! Getting one!

AximNo0bie · 03-17-06, 01:40 AM

Order one last night. Ship Out today for tomorrow delivery.....Wohoo! Absolutely love it that I live close to them.

PaulSM · 03-17-06, 03:05 AM

Originally Posted by AximNo0bie

Order one last night. Ship Out today for tomorrow delivery.....Wohoo! Absolutely love it that I live close to them.

Got mine today (less than 48 hours):)
How close are you? I'm about 6 miles away from them.

This thing is so slow (writing speed) inside my X51v. It's even slower than my Sandisk "standard" 256MB SD.

If you need performance in your Axim, stay away from a 4GB SD:exc:

AximNo0bie · 03-17-06, 03:19 AM

Not as close as you are but I'm in the north bay.

03-18-06, 01:05 AM

Just got my card and it works fine in my x50v, my usb media reader, and my canon s2 camera. The only place where it doesn't work is in the built-in sd slot of my HP laptop.

I ran some speed test and the transcend is actually faster than my old 1GB ATP SD card. I also have a eagletec SD-to-CF adapter which I used in the test.

Testing program: spb benchmark 1.6
Test: 1MB file write and 1MB file read, average of 13 passes
- 1GB ATP 60X SD: fat32, 4K clusters, no backup fat table
- 4GB Transcend 150X SD: fat32, 4K clusters, no backup fat table
- Axim x50v NOR rom: fat??, 8K clusters, backup fat table

1GB ATP 60X SD in SD slot: write: 6882 ms, read: 439 ms
1GB ATP 60X SD in CF slot: write: 6889 ms, read: 457 ms

4GB Transcend 150X SD in SD slot: write: 5449 ms, read: 420 ms
4GB Transcend 150X SD in CF slot: write: 5437 ms, read: 452 ms

Axim x50v NOR rom: write: 4385 ms, read: 33 ms

So the lower the number, the better. I actually reformatted each card with sktools to remove the backup fat table to help speed things up.