Sandisk 16 GB Extreme III CF card for $250 at J&R

[New2PDA]

So I called customer service today and they graciously credited my charge card the $50 difference between the price I bought the card at and the price now. Amazing people.

Sounds like you have a credit towards an 8gb SD

Sounds like you have a credit towards an 8gb SD

Unfortunately there are no 8GB SD cards that work with the Axim as we know it. All 8GB SD cards are SDHC which do not work in the axim.

[jediassassin]

New2PDA: It works without any problems. I opened it up, plugged it into my x51v and there it was in all of its 15.26 GB glory.

I might just buy a 4 GB SD card or two with my savings...lol

LocutusBorgMan: I called J&R. Amazing service, I must say.

[virkelie]

I also just ordered the Sandisk 16Gb compact flash card from J&R .

And to answer my earlier question re customs charges for Canadians ordering from the US (I called Canada Customs):

1. There is no duty on computer equipment.
2. You have to pay GST +/- PST (depending on where you live).
3. The shipping fee from J&R is 26$ US, which includes the brokerage fees (so this is quite reasonable).

If you're from Canada, and ordering from J&R, and want to save an extra 10$ using google checkout - well google checkout won't work (google says J&R doesn't ship to Canada, which is not true).

[Half Decaf]

Good gravy, people, are you trying to drive me to the poorhouse? I just bought an 8GB CF and now you are literally forcing me to plunk down more money on a 16GB CF. I beg you to stop this madness.______:waaa:

[Lezz]

I'm sorry about my question but is there any limit? I mean some ppcs can only work with <=16gb cf. And x51v s?

I'm sorry about my question but is there any limit? I mean some ppcs can only work with <=16gb cf. And x51v s?

My understanding is that for CompactFlash cards, the only limit is the FAT32 filesystem. And that limit is 8 TB (i.e. ~8000 GB)! The 4 GB limit on SD cards is simply because larger sizes use the SDHC protocol. Anyways, we're quite lucky that our Axim X50/51's are one of the few PDA's to have a CF slot. A year from now, be on the lookout for deals for 64 GB cards :P!

[jediassassin]

There is, of course, a finite limit to how much they can fit on a CF Card. I personally don't know what it is, but there has to be a limit to it just like there is a limit to SD cards (around 4 GB). Then they create a whole new way to store the data (SDHC) and you can have much more memory, but incompatibilities. The 16 GB card works quite well, btw.

[virkelie]

The 16 GB card works quite well, btw.

I can verify that.
I just got my Sandisk 16GB CF from J&R !!
Inserted it into my X51v: 15628 MB :)

No formatting was required.

[lorrborr]

16gb! I am so jealous! And to think how proud I was a year ago when I bought my 8gb microdrive.

[virkelie]

And to think how proud I was a year ago when I bought my 8gb microdrive.

This time next year (or sooner), people will be posting about their 32GB CF cards.

jediassassin reports 15.26GB while virkelie reports 15.63GB, why the difference?

[PaulSM]

jediassassin reports 15.26GB while virkelie reports 15.63GB, why the difference?

I can verify that.
I just got my Sandisk 16GB CF from J&R !!
Inserted it into my X51v: 15628 MB :)

One is in MB. Another is in GB ;)
15628 / 1024 = 15.26171875

Wow, this is news to me. Just in time for my birthday - THANKS!!:approve:

One is in MB. Another is in GB ;)
15628 / 1024 = 15.26171875

I keep forgetting that. Thanks PaulSM!