Kingmax busts out world's first 4GB microSDHC card

by Paul Miller Jan 18th 2007 @ 7:45AM

4GB in an miniSDHC card? We scoff at the audacious bulk of such a memory device! See, only microSD can cut it anymore around the Engadget HQ, now that Kingmax has squeezed 4GB of flash memory into a microSDHC card -- champions of lesser memory formats will be shot on sight. Plus it's not just the capacity getting boost, performance has hit new highs as well, with 22.5MBps dual channel read speeds (150x) and normal read speeds of 19.1MBps (127x). That means the card can pull off SD 2.0 speeds in your digicam, while still making for a real kicker of a memory expansion for your phone or media player. Don't bother with looking for a price or availability date, we just pre-ordered the entire first run.

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Filed under: Peripherals

Tags: 4gb, flash memory, FlashMemory, kingmax, microsd, minisd, minisdhc, peripherals, sd, sdhc

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BTG @ Jan 18th 2007 8:58AM

hey guys, im just wonderin, will this thing work with nokia 5500? if not can they update to "HC" in the firmware? or is this HW??

btw, first one

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Ben @ Jan 18th 2007 3:13PM

So... if my smartphone (T-Mobile Dash) currently uses a 2 gig micro sd card, with the new 4 gig one work in it as well? I don't recall the 2 gig one being called a 'sdSH' card

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FERTE @ Jan 18th 2007 3:22PM

Will This Card Work For the Nokia N95??

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Allen @ Jan 18th 2007 8:24PM

"Will This Card Work For the Nokia N95??"

what the hell would you need 4 more GB of memory on a nokia N95 for?????

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resource @ Jan 18th 2007 10:24PM

With one move, instant iPhone.
8 GB card up next.

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Bob @ Jan 19th 2007 5:22AM

For all the questions "will this work in X?" the answer is no.

micro-SDHC requires updated hardware, it is not backwards compatible.

I don't believe any phone released at present supports micro-SDHC - in addition since phones generally have a 2 year development cycle, you'll probably have to wait 6+ months for a phone that does.

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FERTE @ Jan 19th 2007 8:22AM

"what the hell would you need 4 more GB of memory on a nokia N95 for?????

For MP3s, 640 x 480 Video Recordings and 5 megapixel Camera pics.....those files are not small you know.....4GB is the Perfect size

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Adrian @ Jan 19th 2007 8:36PM

Well I guess there is no reason to ask if this will work on the 8525?! BUMMER!!!

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TekBoi [Ali] @ Feb 10th 2007 4:10AM

I'll be putting this in my DS lite with a SuperCard DS adapter.

Hell yeah ! !

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James @ Apr 26th 2007 6:45PM

This new card will work with the N95--check the ScanDisk website (Nokia did something right...for a change).

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WILSON E LIM @ Apr 30th 2007 3:14PM

i would like to purchase one. where i can get one?

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