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Loading ...I ran a quick compatibility test of the SanDisk 8GB MicroSDHC with five relatively new phones. Three of the five phones are capable of taking advantage of the full 8GB storage while the other two maxed out at 4GB.
The Nokia N95-3, HTC Touch from Sprint and the Blackberry 8310 from at&t passed the compatibility test with flying colors.
HTC Touch from Sprint
Blackberry 8310 Curve from at&t
Unfortunately, the Motorola RAZR2 and Samsung’s new F700v or Croix for Vodafone only able to see 4GB of the 8GB total.
Motorola RAZR2 from Sprint
Samsung F700v Croix from Vodafone
Make sure to check that your mobile device is fully compatible with the new 8GB MicroSDHC cards before running out to your local electronic store or placing an order online. If you really have to have a larger capacity MicroSDHC card and know for sure your phone doesn’t fully support the 8GB, it’s worth checking out the 4GB version from Kingston.
Do you know if my N80 would work???
aloha
should work, since nokia implements better tech than those like samsung n moto…crap.
I’m with you about moto, but samsung is pretty decent
Which N95 unit is this? N95-1 or N95-3?
palm centro w/ 8gb?
Beware! Don’t buy an 8Gb MicroSDHC card for a Blackberry based on this superficial review. Many users are having problems with the 6Gb MicroSDHC cards. Although the phone seems to detect the full capacity correctly, everything gets corrupted as soon as you write more than approximately 2.5Gb, and the card has to be formatted again. I have a 6Gb MicroSDHC card and can’t use it either. Check the Blackberry forums, there are plenty of reports.
Any ideas if this card will work with kaiser ?
It would have to be the N95-1, because the N95-3 doesn’t have the option for installing a memory card. It comes with a non-removable 8Gb card.
HAHA!!! Further proof that motorola phones are utterly crap! The RAZR2 is very new, whereas the N95 was released earlier this year… and the RAZR2 still can’t cope with the new cards :P
With regard to the other brands though… my top three would be Nokia, SonyEricsson, then Samsung.
Actually, the N95-3 DOES support microSDHC (it ships with a 1GB mSDHC card) - bought an N95-3 in Chicago Nokia store last weekend. N95-2 is the 8GB model.
Is the LG Viewty Compatable with 8gb as this woudl put it on par with the iphone and none of the locked to apple/crap camera limitations
4gb kingston worked on n95-1!!!!!!!! 8gb = 100$ =(
did anyone find out if u can get the viewty to take the higher capacities then . i ordered the phone last night and i need to order the car next. i read on Wikipedia that there were reports of 8gb working, i really dont know what would bring LG to hid that fact which is clearly a selling point
I’ve had the N95-1 and I currently have the N95-3. I bought the SanDisk 4Gig card when I bought the N95-1, and it worked flawlessly…but they didn’t HAVE the 6Gig or 8Gig card available at the time. (Grrr…)
Now that they do, I definitely appreciate hearing that my prior thinking (despite Nokia’s claims to the contrary) was correct, and that the 6 and 8Gig card would work just fine with the N95-3…although there IS some question about the N95-1 which still remains, and I’d be very interested in hearing about that…as would a great number of other people, I’m sure!
Also, for those who are still considering a purchase, hit http://myspace.com/ElectroPig and you’ll find links for both the N95-1 and N95-3…both listed as “unlocked”, although in reality they were “never locked”…they really need to work out another term for phones which never got “hacked” by cellular carriers, don’t they?
Just to clear up an open point I just made, above…
PS: I got the distinct impression that the Nokia Techs were trying to steer me towards “Nokia released accessories” the whole time…never once did I honestly believe that the SanDisk cards wouldn’t work if Nokia implemented the MicroSD standard properly…which apparrently, they did!
One thing I notice using my new 8GB sandisk micro SDHC card with my new Sprint HTC Touch is that Windows Vista can’t see the card as a separate storage device for windows media player sync. However it does show up within the sync center. Weird.
LG Viewty 8 GB Micro SDHC
LG KU990 Viewty 8 GB Micro SDHC
EN:
Yes it works! I used a SanDisk 8 GB micro SDHC. The LG Viewty shows you only 2 GB in the storage management, but however you have access to all data on your storage card.
But be careful! Do NOT use the formatting options of the LG Viewty! Because then only 2 GB will be available on your storage card in future! Also when you put your storage card into your PC by an USB adapter!! Only 2 GB will be usable! I made this mistake :(((
But this malfunction is reversible. You can use a special formatting tool on your windows PC:
http://www.sdcard.org/about/downloads/sdfv2000.exe
Format your SC or SDHC storage card with this tool and you will get back the full capacity of your storage card.
DE:
Ja es funktioniert! Ich habe eine SanDisk 8 GB micro SDHC verwendet. Die Speicherkarte zeigt im LG Viewty zwar nur 2 GB in der Speicherverwaltung an, aber man hat trotzdem vollen Zugriff auf alle Daten der Speicherkarte!
Aber vorsicht! Man sollte NIEMALS die Formatierungsfunktion des LG Viewty verwenden. Denn die Speicherkarte wird dann so formatiert, dass nur 2 GB zur Verfügung stehen, selbst wenn man die Speicherkarte dann in den USB-Adapter und dann in den PC steckt. Auch das nachträgliche Formatieren mit Windows bringt dann nichts mehr. Es stehen nur 2 GB zur Verfügung. Ende. Diesen Fehler habe ich leider gemacht :(((
Allerdings ist diese Fehlfunktion reversibel, denn es gibt ein spezielles Formatierungstool für Windows-PCs:
http://www.sdcard.org/about/downloads/sdfv2000.exe
Wenn man eine SD oder SDHC Speicherkarte mit diesem Tool formatiert, so erreicht diese wieder ihre maximale Kapazität.
So, und angesichts der unverschämten Preise von T-Mobile für das iPhone (rund 900 € in DE ohne Vertrag, wobei das in USA nur 400 $ = rund 320 € (!!!!!!!!) kostet), und der schlechten Kamera des iPhone (nur 2 Mpx statt 5 Mpx im viewty) sowie des viel größeren Funktionsumfangs im Viewty, was Klingeltöne etc. angeht, so finde ich, dass das Viewty die WEITAUS bessere Alternative zum iPhone ist.
Viele Grüße aus Deutschland!
Greetz from Germany!
Ron
No the N95-3 or N95 NAM (North American Version) does allow for micro SD, but the N95-2, otherwise known as the N95 8GB does not.
Ron,
Great news on the getting the 8GB working, do you happen to know what ‘Class’ your microSDHC was for your Viewty ?
Thanks
To be clear about the product Mfr : SanDisk Mfr Code : SDSDQR-8192-E11M
SanDisk 8GB Micro SD (SDHC) memory card Class 4 (based on SD 2.00 Specification)
Available as Class 4 only to date. Still I’m getting one for my Viewty so will let u know in due course how it goes for me. See detailed explanation on these new cards at
http://www.sandisk.com/Assets/...../SDHC1.pdf
Samsung have an 8gb Class 6 but it isn’t fully SD compliant. I won’t get one :)
Hi,
Currently, blackberry curve supports a maximum of 4 gig cards.
Ted
Hi,
I have the HTC-touch 3050 from Telus. You said the 8gb card works ok with HTC-touch from Sprint. Does anyone know whether there are any differences between the devices sold by Telus and Sprint? Anybody tried the 8gb with Telus HTC-touch?
Thanks
The North American version, the N95-3 does have a removable memory card and it will take the 8 gig. card. I have the N95-3 and have a 8g. card in it right now and it works great!!
Does anybody know N95 can compatible with Class 6 MicroSDHC memory?
Thanks a lot
What about Treo 700wx Palm…?