pda speed Vs. vsd data card speed

Si · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 30, 2003 Posts: 26

Hi I have a Mio A201 with MiomapV2

CPU Intel PXA270 312 MHz "Bulverde"
Memory 64 MB Nand (Msystem) ROM
64 MB SDRAM
Operating System: Microsoft Windows®5.0 "Magneto"
GPS Module SiRFstar III

I am going to buy a new sd card for it but notice there are a number of different read/write card speeds, slower (cheaper) ones at around 9Mb/sec and more expensive ones upto about 20Mb/sec speeds.
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My point is this, I want to get a card that will not slow down the pda in any of its uses, but I don't want to get a sd card which is way in excess of the speed that the rest of the pda can operate at.
Is it worth spending more to get a fast read/write speed, or will a slower one be all that the pda can handle in any case. Thanks Confused

lbendlin · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:12 pm Post subject:

get as fast as you can afford. It will still depend on the SD card driver that is implemented in the OS, but generally the PDA is much faster than the SD card.
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Si · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 30, 2003 Posts: 26

Thanks Lutz, if cards were available at such speeds, what kind of transfer speeds would match the processor (hypothetically!) have you any idea?

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Skippy

Border_Collie · Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:04 pm Post subject:

Having read this post I decided to invetsigate.
I found on the Mio site it states, with reference to the 168,

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