Comments on: n810 memory module format: Why?

By: Juri Pakaste

Juri Pakaste — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:47:37 +0000

Uh, sorry. I managed to completely misread your post. Yeah, using MiniSD sounds stupid.

By: Sergey Udaltsov

Sergey Udaltsov — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:22:11 +0000

Juri: “consistency”? Do they use MiniSD a lot? MicroSD would be fine, yes. But not MiniSD…

By: Juri Pakaste

Juri Pakaste — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:15:49 +0000

They use MicroSD in their phones too, where SD is probably physically too large. I guess they are more interested in consistency with their own hardware than with cameras, which does make sense.

But yeah, at the moment, the capacity of a MicroSD is a bit limited.

By: Sergey Udaltsov

Sergey Udaltsov — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:13:31 +0000

Jon: microsd would be better than minisd of course, but they chosen minisd for some strange reason…

By: Sergey Udaltsov

Sergey Udaltsov — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:12:25 +0000

saua: yes it seems I’ll go that way too from now on…

troll: “without a way to get into internet”? is wifi not good for you? or bluetooth connection to whatever mobile you have?

By: willie

willie — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:10:20 +0000

agree that it was a terrible decision – and the primary reason i chose to instead buy two n800s instead of an n810… now my n800s are very happy with 32GB SDHC, with 64GB storage on the horizon! ah well, maybe next version/rev will be better?

By: Jon Pritchard

Jon Pritchard — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:42:04 +0000

SD cards are clearly the universal memory format. I think the trade off of having a microUSB slot and an SD (SDHC) slot over size is worth it, for the compatibility.

By: troll

troll — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:32:46 +0000

It’s like if the Nokia did not design the hardware for real in any case, the memory card format is not the only WTF the N810 has. Internet tablet without a way to get into the internet? Lol, that’s what counts mostly as a brainfart imho.

By: saua

saua — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:20:37 +0000

I’ve got similar trouble with my phone vs. my camera vs. my laptop.

The phone uses MicroSD, while the camera and the laptop only support SD.

My solution is rather simple:

Only buy MicroSD and have an adapter in the camera and the laptop, which I only take out on the rare occasion that I need to use a normal SD card in there. At all other times there’s the adapter in there (usually with a MicroSD card in it in the camera and without one in the laptop).

This way I can easily swap cards between those three devices without having to carry an extra piece of hardware with me.

The only drawback is that MicroSD cards are slightly more expensive than SD cards, but the difference isn’t too big and I only need so many cards.

Not a perfect solution but the best solution I could think of.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:25:31 +0000

Потому что это нокия. Они нормально не могут