Guest aikon Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 I'd like to know the difference betwwen an SD CArd and MMC Card. In terms of prize and durability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tazh_fave Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 ei, Try to use the search option on this forum...this has been discussed already here....just exert a little effort to SEARCH...thank you.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rodnav Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 http://smartphone.modaco.com/viewtopic.php...er=asc&start=15 yes do a search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest virgil Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 MultiMedia Card (MMC) vs. Secure Digital (SD) There are primarily 5 differences between the two: speed, durability, write-protection, copyright protection, and size. Speed Maximum transfer rates of SD are faster than that of MMC. SD has the capacity of being 4 times as fast as MMC. Whereas MMC can transfer data at 2.5MB per second, SD can transfer data up to 10MB per second. These are maximum speeds and will depend on the device utilizing the card. MMC is best for multimedia applications but SD is much faster before it has 2 more extra pins for data transfer, SD cards have 9 pins as compared to the 7 pins of MMCs, thus making it faster for data transfers. Durability The thicker casing and, apparently, changes in the design of the cards means that the SD card is more durable and resistant to electrostatic discharge (climate/environment). Write-protection SD includes a small switch on the side of the card that has two settings: Locked and Unlocked. If you set the card to the locked position, the Palm (and other devices) will not be able to write to the card, erase data from the card, etc. SD cards have write protections Copyright Protection This is the most mysterious difference in the two media. According to the spec sheet provided by SanDisk (one of the consortium that developed the media), SD includes "cryptographic security for protection of copyrighted data." Presumably, this is to prevent people from copying information form a card (e.g., a card with games on it) and distributing it to other people. Unless you are planning to sell cards with data on them, this is of no direct benefit to the purchaser. It appears that this copyright protection may actually consume a several 100kb of space on the card - which you cannot get back. The amount of space lost on a card is higher for SD than for MMC, from what I can tell so far. Size SD cards are thicker than MMC about twice as thick as MMC. Another questions that arises frequently is due to the discrepancy between the cards "claimed" capacity and what you see when you view it through your SAP (or a card reader connected to your computer). For example, if you buy a 64MB card and look at the "Storage Card" system status on Task Manager application on your SMARTPHONE, you will see that there is only a Total of 60.9MB of space on the card. Where did my missing MB go? To understand why your 64MB card has only 60.9MB of space, it is necessary to define what we mean by a MB or megabyte. The "dictionary" definition of MB, and that which is used by software such as Windows Explorer (or the Palm OS) is that 1 Megabyte is equal to 1,048,576 bytes. This is the case because there are 1,024 bytes in a kilobyte and there are 1,024 kilobytes in a megabyte. Remember that computer capacities are measured in powers of 2. A kilobyte is 2 to the 10th power. A megabyte is 2 to the 20th power. Manufacturers who produce storage media, however, use a different definition of megabyte: 1 MB = 1 million bytes. It's a simpler definition to understand, but it causes a large discrepancy when you start talking about large numbers of megabytes. A "64MB card" will hold only 64,000,000 bytes (not 67,108,864 bytes) worth of programs, data, etc. If you divide that by 1024 (the number of bytes in kilobyte), you find that it will hold 62,500 kilobytes. If you divide that number by 1024 (the number of kilobytes in a megabyte), you find that the card will hold only 61MB. The two different definitions "cost" you approximately 4MB on a "64MB card." It is a confusing concept if you're not used to thinking of bytes, kilobytes and megabytes being determined by powers of 2. What this means, basically, is that if you have a 62MB file (say, a video), it will not fit on a 64MB card. Note that there is also a chunk of space that is taken by system files, which amounts to around 100k on an MMC card (which is why the 64MB card shows up as 60.9MB; you start with 61MB and subtract about 100k). These system files seem to be much larger (more than 900k) on SD cards, which is why the screenshot of the 16MB card shows only 14MB capacity instead of 15MB. Also, remember that the discrepancy gets bigger as file sizes get bigger. A 512MB card, which should be available next year, will actually hold only about 488MB worth of data, for a loss of 34MB! The following table shows the "advertised" and "real" amount of space on various sized MMC cards (SD may be a few hundred kilobytes smaller, from what I can tell so far).. Advertised Estimated Actual 8 MB 7.5 MB 16 MB 15 MB 32 MB 30 MB 64 MB 61 MB 128 MB 122 MB 256 MB 244 MB 512MB 488 MB 1 GB 977 MB source: http://www.geocities.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nokiauser Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 sd cards are thicker than mmc's, so be careful as some devices won't be able to accomodate the additional thickness of the sd cards, ie. N6600 :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aikon Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 Thanks for the explaination Virgil. Very detailed. I like it :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest virgil Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Thanks for the explaination Virgil. Very detailed. I like it :lol: yayaya not mine--from geocities... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flashrus.com Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 To clarify the difference for these cards, please visit our support page at http://www.flashrus.com/atp/web/cardinfo.htm You are absolutely correct virgil. You know your stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BrAGoL Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 To clarify the difference for these cards, please visit our support page at http://www.flashrus.com/atp/web/cardinfo.htm You are absolutely correct virgil. You know your stuff. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> do you have any re-seller here in the Philippines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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