Cingular 8125 memory card

Recently bought a Cingular 8125 and, so far, am happy. I want to buy a
couple of additional memory cards. Seems I read somewhere the cards for
the 8125 have to be dual voltage.
Is this correct?
If so, what happens if I try to use one that is not dual voltage?
Are there any other restrictions on type of card?

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The owners manual is probably your best resource for this question.

"J Lunis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Recently bought a Cingular 8125 and, so far, am happy. I want to buy a
> couple of additional memory cards. Seems I read somewhere the cards for
> the 8125 have to be dual voltage.
> Is this correct?
> If so, what happens if I try to use one that is not dual voltage?
> Are there any other restrictions on type of card?

Ann wrote:
> The owners manual is probably your best resource for this question.
>
> "J Lunis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Recently bought a Cingular 8125 and, so far, am happy. I want to buy a
>> couple of additional memory cards. Seems I read somewhere the cards for
>> the 8125 have to be dual voltage.
>> Is this correct?
>> If so, what happens if I try to use one that is not dual voltage?
>> Are there any other restrictions on type of card?
>
>
Thanks for the reply.
Did that. Even DLd the manual in PDF and did a search. No mention of
'dual voltage.' Still, I am confident I read it somewhere. Called my
local Cingular store and talked to a rep. He confirms I should use a
dual voltage card but does not know why and doesn't know if a non-'dual
voltage' will work or harm the phone. Hoping someone here knows the answer.

At 05 Sep 2006 07:32:01 -0400 J Lunis wrote:

> >
> Thanks for the reply.
> Did that. Even DLd the manual in PDF and did a search. No mention of
'dual voltage.' Still, I am confident I read it somewhere. Called my
local Cingular store and talked to a rep. He confirms I should use a
dual voltage card but does not know why and doesn't know if a non-'dual
voltage' will work or harm the phone. Hoping someone here knows the answer.

>
I have a T-Mobile MDA (which, like your 8125, are both HTC Wizards,
rebranded for carriers). I don't recall reading anything about "dual-
voltage" cards, and my MDA is happily using a Sandisk, a Kingston and a
no-name 1GB mini-SD cards interchangably without a problem.

Kind of the whole point of having a "standard" (like SD or mini-SD) is
not having to worry about if one unit will work and another won't... ;-)



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What type of card does it take? If it's "MiniSD" then all MiniSD cards
are designed to meet the same voltage standard, there is only one
standard for MiniSD and all manufactuers meet that standard.

Want more proof?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minisd

"...MiniSD cards are made by several different manufacturers and come
in different brand names. Their compatibility is universal."


J Lunis wrote:
> Recently bought a Cingular 8125 and, so far, am happy. I want to buy a
> couple of additional memory cards. Seems I read somewhere the cards for
> the 8125 have to be dual voltage.
> Is this correct?
> If so, what happens if I try to use one that is not dual voltage?
> Are there any other restrictions on type of card?

Also, wanted to add.... If you pay over $40 for a 1-Gig MiniSD card
you're getting ripped off, prices still vary widely depending on where
you buy.

The 2-Gig cards are your best bargin and regardless of what the manual
says your 8125 will work with the 2-Gig card, why Cingular claims the
8125 and 2125 can only use 512-MB miniSDs is beyond me. It must have
been all they could test with when the handsets were being designed...
but regardless, both devices can use 2-GB and 1-GB miniSDs without
problem.


J Lunis wrote:
> Recently bought a Cingular 8125 and, so far, am happy. I want to buy a
> couple of additional memory cards. Seems I read somewhere the cards for
> the 8125 have to be dual voltage.
> Is this correct?
> If so, what happens if I try to use one that is not dual voltage?
> Are there any other restrictions on type of card?

I think your claim that: "Cingular claims the 8125 and 2125 can only use
512-MB miniSDs" is grossly overstated since their own corporate retail
stores sell 1-Gig cards for the 8125 (I assume the 2125s also).

Fred

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Also, wanted to add.... If you pay over $40 for a 1-Gig MiniSD card
> you're getting ripped off, prices still vary widely depending on where
> you buy.
>
> The 2-Gig cards are your best bargin and regardless of what the manual
> says your 8125 will work with the 2-Gig card, why Cingular claims the
> 8125 and 2125 can only use 512-MB miniSDs is beyond me. It must have
> been all they could test with when the handsets were being designed...
> but regardless, both devices can use 2-GB and 1-GB miniSDs without
> problem.
>
>
> J Lunis wrote:
>> Recently bought a Cingular 8125 and, so far, am happy. I want to buy a
>> couple of additional memory cards. Seems I read somewhere the cards for
>> the 8125 have to be dual voltage.
>> Is this correct?
>> If so, what happens if I try to use one that is not dual voltage?
>> Are there any other restrictions on type of card?
>

I picked up a 2 gig card cheap off of buy.com it worked with no problems.
And a heck of a lot cheaper then what Cingular would charge, and probably a
better card too.

I have an 8125 and purchased a 1 gig mini card at Best Buy. It works great!

"J Lunis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Recently bought a Cingular 8125 and, so far, am happy. I want to buy a
> couple of additional memory cards. Seems I read somewhere the cards for
> the 8125 have to be dual voltage.
> Is this correct?
> If so, what happens if I try to use one that is not dual voltage?
> Are there any other restrictions on type of card?