5 Things You Can Do With Flash Memory by Lynn Chan
Got flash memory cards? They aren’t only for your digital camera. Probably the coolest yet overlooked ways to use your flash memory card is as floppy drive replacement. Think about it, a flash memory card is really a form of storage disk. Most notebook computers today don’t come with a floppy... Flash memory cards are smaller and a tiny catalog of cards can offer you much more memory than a flash drive. ... If you’re already thinking of sending a CD greeting card – use your flash memory card instead.

Reformatting USB Flash Memory by Victor Epand
Flash memory or USB memory is similar to disk drives. In fact it is recommended you 'reformat' them often in order to keep the entire memory clean and workable. I would recommend you reformat your 256MB flash memory with the software that came with it. ... It is the only Compact Flash card of its capacity and compatibility level that is available in the popular Type I format and fits into any Compact Flash slot. ... The new 4GB SanDisk Compact Flash card features a three-position switch located in the left-hand area of the card so consumers can switch between either a single 4GB (FAT32)...

What Is Memory Card Speed? by Iggy Quazi
In a few short years since the launch of the first 4Mb flash memory card, the number of flash memory cards available for digital cameras and other devices has exploded with a number of different formats and speeds of memory card. It's no wonder the average person is totally baffled by this... People using high speed memory cards with equipment that has been on the market a while may not notice any difference in performance, but this has more to do with the limitations of the device than the flash card itself.

Digital Memory Cards Explained by Gary Bunn
The nature of digital photography means that digital cameras have to store images differently to traditional cameras due to the physical absence of film. Instead of using rolls of film, which are then processed and developed to produce a photograph, digital cameras store their images on memory... Here's the types of Card you can choose from: SD Memory Card XD Memory Card Compact Flash Card SmartMedia Card Memory Stick The SD Memory card has proven a very popular in recent years, perhaps due to their small size and acceptable capacity.

Iggy Discovers The 17 In 1 Card Reader by Iggy Quazi
Over the past couple of years, just about every gadget I have bought, needs some kind of memory card, or rather a differnt type of memory card to the one I already own! This means that I have a draw full of different card readers, docking stations, cables and adapters to allow me to hook these... I have an MP3 player that takes a Compact Flash Memory Card, a Camera that takes an XD Memory Card, a Palm Top Computer that takes an SD |Memory Card and my Mobile Phone takes a Mini SD card! ... Once the Memory Card Reader / Writer is plugged in and a Memory Card is inserted, a new icon appears...

The Different Memory Cards And The Speed Of Some Of Them by Victor Epand
The MMC and Secure digital cards are not the same but are interchangeable. The difference has to do with copy protections of the disk volume on the SD card. This extra feature makes the SD attractive for people who use them in MP3 players. No other cards are interchangeable. ... I use both Compact Flash and Secure Disc memory cards and I'd be hard pressed to see any difference between the quality of the files stored on different types of cards or brands. ... And I have never heard of a problem of loss of quality because of a memory card.

Review: USB Copy Cruiser Plus from Aleratec by G Mo
The USB Copy Cruiser Plus is a USB copy device with the additional convenience of an 8-in-1 card reader. The unit will copy from one memory device to another or from one memory device to a USB flash drive without the need of a PC. This OTG (On-The-Go) USB technology is very useful and the USB... I did see a significant slow down when copying from memory card to memory card, for example from Memory Stick to Compact Flash, transfer rates dropped to 4.6Kb/sec. ... Since the USB Copy Cruiser Plus is not USB 2.0 High Speed when transferring from memory device to memory device I saw the...

For Digital Camera Novices: How Images Are Stored and Transferred by Christine Peppler
Although Digital Cameras entered the picture quite a number of years ago and have subsequently all but eliminated film cameras, some consumers are just now making the switch. The reason for this is clear as the quality of a 35mm shot is outstanding and quite simply, we understood them. ... When purchasing a card for a digital camera, users can roughly estimate that with a typical 8 megapixel camera, the card will hold at least one quarter as many images as the card has megabytes, which is indicated on the front of the card.

The Advantages of Portable MP3 Players by Vince Capocci
With their solid-state technology, compact size, and abundant memory, portable mp3 players are the state of the art in portable music systems. Most portable mp3 players feature storage systems that have no moving parts. This gives mp3 a distinct advantage over other portable music players, such... The mp3 songs, or other audible media, are usually stored on Flash Memory systems, either built-in or on the Sony Memory Stick, SmartMedia, or CompactFlash cards. ... In addition to solid-state memory, portable mp3 players have an advantage over CD players in the amount of data they can hold.

Flash Memory, Part I: MMC and SD by Jason Kohrs
MMC and SD Flash memory is available in so many formats that it can be difficult to know what will work with any particular device. Devices such as MP3 players, PDAs, mobile phones, digital cameras, and personal computers can take advantage of flash memory to bolster their storage capacity, but... Keep an eye out for next week's Tech Tip: Part II of the Flash Memory Series will address Compact Flash, Smart Media, Memory Stick, and xD formats. ... If your camera can handle only up to a 512 MB card, then using a 1 GB card in the camera will be pointless (depending on the device, some will...