Re: [tlug] The Android Has Landed

[Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>]

On 2009-07-21 14:00 +0900 (Tue), Alexei Anisimov wrote:

> -------- Original Message  --------
> Subject: Re: [tlug] The Android Has Landed
> From: Dave M G <dave@example.com>
>
> > It does seem to be the case that it only accepts miniSD cards up to 4 
> > GB, at least as far as the manual and the staff at DoCoMo tell me. 
> > That's a little annoying, as all indications on the net are that the HTC 
> > Magic accepts up to 16 GB. I'm hoping it's just a matter of software 
> > updating, and that the Japan model isn't choked down on a hardware level.
>
> That would be very bad, but I think it should work and they (DoCoMo and 
> HTC) are just being too cautious. I remember my Nikon D80 manual also 
> stated that it only accepts 2 GB or so cards, but then it accepted 
> bigger card with no problems whatsoever.

They likely aren't just being cautious; quite probably they are saying
that they don't support SDHC cards in that device. For details, see

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital_card#Compatibility_issues_with_2_GB_and_larger_cards

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