multi media cards

anyone know which will work with the nokia 6230, what make and how big, will
a 256mb work to drop mp3's onto?



steve

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steve wrote:
> anyone know which will work with the nokia 6230, what make and how big,
> will a 256mb work to drop mp3's onto?

I would imagine that anything up to and probably beyond a GiB of MMC or SD
card will work.

The 6230 manual is located here:
http://nds1.nokia.com/phones/files/g...6230_UG_en.pdf

Which says nothing of size, but does point out that SD is not an option -
how silly, given that SD is a direct replacement for MMC with many
advantages including speed and capacity.

Ben
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At the Nokia website it says 128mb, but I have read recently here that 250
mb works but reports wrong capicity. I hope it will work as I just bought a
250 on ebay today! In part the website says

http://www.nokia-asia.com/nokia/0,,55037,00.html

a.. Store and back-up your valuable data, from business materials to video
clips to music tracks, on the 32MB MultiMediaCard (MMC) provided.
b.. The 32MB MultiMediaCard (MMC) comes with pre-loaded video clips, video
greetings and one of Norah Jones' tracks.
c.. Upgrade to 64MB2 or 128MB2 MultiMediaCard (MMC) to enjoy even more
storage space on the Nokia 6230.

"Ben Pope" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> steve wrote:
> > anyone know which will work with the nokia 6230, what make and how big,
> > will a 256mb work to drop mp3's onto?
>
> I would imagine that anything up to and probably beyond a GiB of MMC or SD
> card will work.
>
> The 6230 manual is located here:
> http://nds1.nokia.com/phones/files/g...6230_UG_en.pdf
>
> Which says nothing of size, but does point out that SD is not an option -
> how silly, given that SD is a direct replacement for MMC with many
> advantages including speed and capacity.
>
> Ben
> --
> I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...
>
>
>

I meant to say 256mb.....what was I thinking?


"Ben Pope" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> steve wrote:
> > anyone know which will work with the nokia 6230, what make and how big,
> > will a 256mb work to drop mp3's onto?
>
> I would imagine that anything up to and probably beyond a GiB of MMC or SD
> card will work.
>
> The 6230 manual is located here:
> http://nds1.nokia.com/phones/files/g...6230_UG_en.pdf
>
> Which says nothing of size, but does point out that SD is not an option -
> how silly, given that SD is a direct replacement for MMC with many
> advantages including speed and capacity.
>
> Ben
> --
> I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...
>
>
>

"Ben Pope" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> steve wrote:
> > anyone know which will work with the nokia 6230, what make and how big,
> > will a 256mb work to drop mp3's onto?
>
> I would imagine that anything up to and probably beyond a GiB of MMC or SD
> card will work.
>
> The 6230 manual is located here:
> http://nds1.nokia.com/phones/files/g...6230_UG_en.pdf
>
> Which says nothing of size, but does point out that SD is not an option -
> how silly, given that SD is a direct replacement for MMC with many
> advantages including speed and capacity.

SD is not a "replacement", but an extention of MMC, allowing extra security
(password-able access to the card from ANY SD compatible device, not just
nokia's own password method). The capacity of SD and MMC are the same, and
speed is generally speaking, from the device itself, not the cards. An SD
interface uses an extra physical pin, and different controller chips to
effect communication, thus, MMC is cheaper to build, and aside from
compatiblity with the wider-used SD cards, the 6600 does NOT require any
extra feature of an SD interface, so MMC was not such a bad choice.


>
> Ben
> --
> I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...
>
>

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 17:58:36 +1000, "Lord-Data" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>"Ben Pope" <[email protected]> wrote in message

>> Which says nothing of size, but does point out that SD is not an option -
>> how silly, given that SD is a direct replacement for MMC with many
>> advantages including speed and capacity.
>
>SD is not a "replacement", but an extention of MMC, allowing extra security
>(password-able access to the card from ANY SD compatible device, not just
>nokia's own password method). The capacity of SD and MMC are the same, and
>speed is generally speaking, from the device itself, not the cards. An SD
>interface uses an extra physical pin, and different controller chips to
>effect communication, thus, MMC is cheaper to build, and aside from
>compatiblity with the wider-used SD cards, the 6600 does NOT require any
>extra feature of an SD interface, so MMC was not such a bad choice.

Unless of course the consumer already has SD cards... as many people
with digital cameras, PDAs etc will have.

It would have been trivial to implement support for SD on top of
MMC so it's a real PITA for the end user that Nokia chose not to do
so. Nokia aren't the only guilty party here though - Siemens also
went the MMC only route with their SX1.


Gav

"Gav" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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| On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 17:58:36 +1000, "Lord-Data" <[email protected]>
| wrote:
|
| >"Ben Pope" <[email protected]> wrote in message
|
| >> Which says nothing of size, but does point out that SD is not an
option -
| >> how silly, given that SD is a direct replacement for MMC with many
| >> advantages including speed and capacity.
| >
| >SD is not a "replacement", but an extention of MMC, allowing extra
security
| >(password-able access to the card from ANY SD compatible device, not just
| >nokia's own password method). The capacity of SD and MMC are the same,
and
| >speed is generally speaking, from the device itself, not the cards. An SD
| >interface uses an extra physical pin, and different controller chips to
| >effect communication, thus, MMC is cheaper to build, and aside from
| >compatiblity with the wider-used SD cards, the 6600 does NOT require any
| >extra feature of an SD interface, so MMC was not such a bad choice.
|
| Unless of course the consumer already has SD cards... as many people
| with digital cameras, PDAs etc will have.
|
| It would have been trivial to implement support for SD on top of
| MMC so it's a real PITA for the end user that Nokia chose not to do
| so. Nokia aren't the only guilty party here though - Siemens also
| went the MMC only route with their SX1.
|
|
| Gav
|

MMC is cheaper than SD in my place, so I support going the MMC route. Some
devices (Palms) are SD-only if I'm not mistaken - which puts all my MMCs out
of business...sigh..lolz...so that's why, until today, I still don't have
much liking for those expensive SDs that don't really give a BIG speed
improvement - at least, to me... paper specifications dont mean much....

> |
>
> MMC is cheaper than SD in my place, so I support going the MMC route. Some
> devices (Palms) are SD-only if I'm not mistaken - which puts all my MMCs
out
> of business...sigh..lolz...so that's why, until today, I still don't have
> much liking for those expensive SDs that don't really give a BIG speed
> improvement - at least, to me... paper specifications dont mean much....
>

I'm afraid you are mistaken - I have both MMC cards and SD cards running
fine in my Palm (TungstenT)

Cheers, Julian

"tuned by RÄZO" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Gav" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> | On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 17:58:36 +1000, "Lord-Data" <[email protected]>
> | wrote:
> |
> | >"Ben Pope" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> |
> | >> Which says nothing of size, but does point out that SD is not an
> option -
> | >> how silly, given that SD is a direct replacement for MMC with many
> | >> advantages including speed and capacity.
> | >
> | >SD is not a "replacement", but an extention of MMC, allowing extra
> security
> | >(password-able access to the card from ANY SD compatible device, not
just
> | >nokia's own password method). The capacity of SD and MMC are the same,
> and
> | >speed is generally speaking, from the device itself, not the cards. An
SD
> | >interface uses an extra physical pin, and different controller chips to
> | >effect communication, thus, MMC is cheaper to build, and aside from
> | >compatiblity with the wider-used SD cards, the 6600 does NOT require
any
> | >extra feature of an SD interface, so MMC was not such a bad choice.
> |
> | Unless of course the consumer already has SD cards... as many people
> | with digital cameras, PDAs etc will have.
> |
> | It would have been trivial to implement support for SD on top of
> | MMC so it's a real PITA for the end user that Nokia chose not to do
> | so. Nokia aren't the only guilty party here though - Siemens also
> | went the MMC only route with their SX1.

Not particularly surprising when the SX1 is based on a Nokia design.

> |
> |
> | Gav
> |
>
> MMC is cheaper than SD in my place, so I support going the MMC route. Some
> devices (Palms) are SD-only if I'm not mistaken - which puts all my MMCs
out
> of business...sigh..lolz...so that's why, until today, I still don't have
> much liking for those expensive SDs that don't really give a BIG speed
> improvement - at least, to me... paper specifications dont mean much....

I believe all Palm devices that take SD cards also support MMC. My M500
certainly does.

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Gav wrote:
> so. Nokia aren't the only guilty party here though - Siemens also
> went the MMC only route with their SX1.


And to make it even more confusing, many manufacturers have chosen the
RS-MMC (reduzed size MMC) in their latest models.

I already own a few CF, MMC and SD cards and will definitely not buy any
device that does not support one or two of these.

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tuned by RÄZO wrote:
> MMC is cheaper than SD in my place, so I support going the MMC route.
> Some devices (Palms) are SD-only if I'm not mistaken -

I believe you are mistaken. All the PDAs I've seen - both Palm and Pocket
PC - that support SDs, also support MMCs.

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"Tero Lehto" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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| tuned by RÄZO wrote:
| > MMC is cheaper than SD in my place, so I support going the MMC route.
| > Some devices (Palms) are SD-only if I'm not mistaken -
|
| I believe you are mistaken. All the PDAs I've seen - both Palm and Pocket
| PC - that support SDs, also support MMCs.
|

Probably I am...but if i'm not mistaken there's a SD-only device, which i
thought as weird.