Ipod Envy

[Myk_Myk]

Is 1gig the most memory available for my PDA that uses SD cards? Seems like PDAs should have a micro drive.

[AnswerDude]

Many pocketpc models can use cf card, so you can use microdrive, in fact people bought the nomad muvo and remove its 4 gig microdrive and use it in the ipaq.

[Myk_Myk]

I suppose that maybe it's cost prohibitive, but it seems to me that PPCs should have internal hard drives. Pehaps they will soon... So, I guess the answer is that, for my Hitachi G1000, 1 gig is the max. I wonder if there is an SD card sized micro drive on the horizon?

[strickjh05]

RAM and solid state memory (flash) take a lot less power to operate than conventional hard drives. Untill tiny hard dries become cheaper, less power hungry and the battery technology gets better, I do not see an emenant change to hard drives.

[Myk_Myk]

That makes sense. Is there a speed issue as well? Are microdrives slower than flash?

[strickjh05]

you are correct. They are slower becuase of the spin times. It takes a second to spin the HD to speed so it can be read.