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[dodgybob]

The SPV takes SD/MMC cards from popular manufacturers... all cards should work properly... SD (Secure Digital) cards are usually faster and more expensive...

There have also been rumours of SD cards having digital security (hence the name) to prevent piracy on MP3's and other media...?

Any info on that?

[PaulOBrien]

They do, but only if you choose to use it.

I have a 64MB MMC in my SPV now, filled with MP3s... Sweet!

8)

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[dodgybob]

Cool.. might have to get one then

[dougal]

i just ordered 2 (one for myself one for my mate) 135 ukp each from www.digitaldepot.co.uk cheapest i could find after hours of searching

the contacts on the mm cards look very different to the sd contacts, also the sd cards have a write protect switch on them (how useful????)

[PaulOBrien]

135ukp each for what size? SD or MMC?

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[bjambean]

I would guess he means the 256 SD cards not a bad price

I would recommend sd definately! They are capable of 4* the speed of the MMC cards

I have found a 128mb sd card for £53!

They are £129 in PC World!!!!!!

[awarner]

£53 for 125? where from? please

[PaulOBrien]

7DayShop.com have a 128MB SD card for £54.90:

http://www.7dayshop....roducts_id=8539

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[Mark]

I've just searched around too...

Amazon.com have 128mb SD cards for $64.99 but they won't ship to the uk  

7Dayshop is the cheapest i've found so far for uk, £54. I've just ordered one...

[Third_of_Five]

Dabs.com, Scan.co.uk I hear also supposed to carry them.  All prices Ive seen so far are around the £50 mark for the 128mb version.

Beware with 7dayshop, they take a long time to complete your order.  About 10 days it will take from online order to delivery.  Pretty poor in this day and age.  I won't have my SD card before I have to decide if I am to send my SPV back!! They are in Guernsey which is why it takes so long.

[xenolith]

Best place to buy one is scan.co.uk
126.90 inc VAT last time I looked. Fast delivery too.

http://www.scan.co.u...ts/flashmem.htm

[mcharnock]

Take a look at http://www.ebuyer.com for loads of SD options.

All prices ex VAT

32Mb starting from £15.58
64Mb starting from £24.07
128Mb starting from £45.18

[Lizard_King]

Got a 256Mb SD card from www.scan.co.uk this week for 108 GBP (+VAT i think) and works a treat...its now filled with MP3s etc.
Only gripe is that if left uncharged my phone would run out of charge b4 all the MP3s played..lol! That aside its still wicked tho.

[adamc]

Dabs has the 128 @ £46+Vat and beware of postage rates, dabs is only £3 putting it at £57.57 whilst scan comes out at £71.09

http://www.dabs.com/...id=010&ob=price

The lexar 512Mb cards are about £220 on import anyone tried one?

[dickeyboy]

I order the 64mb card from 7day Shop last Sunday (01/12) for £34.95. I also paid for the fast delivery so it arrived on Thursday morning.

I have got about 25 songs on it. I converted them from 128/160kbps MP3's to 80Kbps wma files. I should say that most of the songs are average length and there are about four 8 minute longs tracks so I could have probably got a bit more on it.

I have found that 64k gives reasonable quality but if you have songs with a lot of bass on them then they can distort a little.

[Gunslinger]

I picked up my 128MB SD card for about £43 inc Vat and Shipping Through ebay.
It takes about a week to come from the states.  The seller was topdot7 and you can pay through credit/debit card via paypal and billpoint.

These are the cheapest i could find.  They are the SanDisk Make.

[MrSpoons]

bought a 128mb SD card last week for £44 including VAT
http://www.komplett....7&GrpID=14&s=pl
theres another couple of quid for delivery - but it's next day

[Beagle]

This guy ships from New York - I bought 256MB for 79.99, though price seems to have gone up to 89.99 now. P&P of 4.99.

http://www.stores.eb....uk/id=27437299

[wahblow]

do you need to copy any files over when you swap SD cards, also do you need to power off first.

[Rog]

do you need to copy any files over when you swap SD cards?

Depends...Do you have files you need on it? IE have you installed applications to your card?

If so you'll need to copy them (and the file structure they are in) to retain functionality.

also do you need to power off first?

Nope = hot pluggable!