Does anyone happen to know if the 8300 Curve support the new 4GB SDHC Micro SD card?

Yes, it's supported!

Tried an 8GB card in my Curve and that, too, worked flawlessly.

where did u get an 8GB microSD card from ?

that's classified information







got it from my employer, via Samsung.

i did some snooping online....any day now sandisk will come out with it. "if" you do have an 8GB microSD and say it works with the curve, it might work with the pearl too.....

I have seen the 4 GB cards from $60-$100 right now. When "might" Sandisk do an 8 GB card and where might I find more info on that find? Thanks for an info for a newbie.

8GB? I am so stoked!
Anyone have an idea if a 16 or even a 32 or more is possible for a MicroSD?

Supported microSD media cards

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Environment
BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8100 smartphone
BlackBerry® 8800 smartphone
BlackBerry® Curve™ 8300 smartphone
MicroSD media card

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Details
Currently, BlackBerry smartphones support media cards with up to 2GB of memory.

I got the 4 card at verizon for about $99

Mmm, an 8 GB card will turn the BlackBerry into an iPhone but better Imagine the music you can jam on that baby.

official support might be 2GB, but both the curve (8300) and vzw's worldphone bb (8830) support 4GB cards without issue.

4gb works perfect with my curve

the 4gb works great with mine, but i did have one issue. originally, i did not format it and just began adding songs, etc. it worked great, but then all of the sudden one day the phone would not recognize it. so, i formatted the card, re-added the songs, and everything seems to be working fine again.

The 8100 pearl isnt going to work with anything over 2gb. The microSD cards larger then 2gb are SDHC type cards, the 8300 and 8830 are the only current models that work with SDHC. Going forward the next pearl should have SDHC support as well.

This happened to me several times. What I learned is that I need to "Safely Remove .." before I unplug the USB especially if there is a folder/file open. That seemed to keep it from happening

Not true. With the latest Pearl OS a 4gb card will work. Check this thread out.
http://www.blackberryforums.com/gene...ork-pearl.html
I tried it out myself and it works.

Does the brand mean anything? Is Transcend any different than SanDisk? Because at Amazon the price is $44 for the Transcend vs. $71.50 for SanDisk.

I read an article article on the upcoming 8820 with a "Micro SDHC slot for Flash cards of up to 32GB". Forgive my naivety, but is this to be compatible with the 8300 as well?
Cause I would just wet my pants knowing that I could have 32G on my Curve.

I havnt been keeping up with the developments in the pearl forum apparently, thank you for the info.

32gb cards wont be available anytime soon. We should see 8gb by the holiday season. They should work in any microSDHC compatible device.

Transcend is just as good of a brand. I have used many of their cards without issue.

Thank you Bryan.

Thanks for confirming this about the 8gb card, which I suspected.

Regular SD cards, to my knowledge, have a max capacity of 2gigs, and the SDHC cards have capacities from 4-32 gigs. Since the Curve supports the SDHC card, I couldn't understand why folks were saying that it would take a maximum of a 4gb card. It seems that the Curve should handle whatever capacity the SDHC card comes in.

But, i'm not a techno geek, so maybe I'm wrong.

Anyway to save attacments other than pictures on the memory card on a Curve?

Anyone know if there is a fix out there for this?

Jottomaster

I am glad it works and I will eventually purchase that size. However, the question revolved around support. RIM's attitude on 4G is that you are to proceed at your own peril.

Seen a 4gb microsd card on memoryking.com for £29.99inc vat...
if you type the voucher code "MICROFREEDEL" then you get free shipping...

microSD memory cards for use in smartphones and mobile phones with microSD card slots.

total price £29.99 inc vat & Delivery

The one time I used the "Safely Remove" feature it locked up my Curve and would not let me back in. After removing the Media card the Curve worked fine. Latter I used a card reader to remove a file that written/corrupted on the media card and was back in business. Personally I"ll never use that feature again and haven't. I have not had any problems since.

PRODUCT FEATURES:

* High storage capacity (4GB) for storing essential digital content such as high quality photos, videos, music and more
* Optimal speed and performance for microSDHC compatible devices
* Speed performance rating: Class 2 (based on SD 2.00 Specification)
* High Quality microSDHC card backed by 5 year limited warranty
* Built to last, with an operating shock rating of 2,000Gs, equivalent to a ten-foot drop **
* SanDisk microSDHC 4GB card ships with Bonus MicroMate USB 2.0 SD/SDHC Reader, to ensure compatibility when downloading pictures or other digital content
* Easily transfer files between your digital devices and computer
* High speed USB 2.0 certified reader/writer for fast data transfer

USE FREE DELIVERY CODE:
"MICROFREEDEL"

SanDisk Micro SD 4GB ( Transflash Compatiable) + Reader SDSDQ-4096-E10

microSD memory cards for use in smartphones and mobile phones with microSD card slots.

Is it worth buying a 4GB now or wait for the 8GB to come out? (Anyone know when it will be out) .
Thanks in advance.

I remember seeing a press release on a tech news site saying it supports up to 32 microsdhc cards and half the comments were saying how the creator was in idiot because those don't exist. But the funny thing is that it's already been stated that they will go that high and the curve would support it because it's sdhc lol

is this still available? i tried looking it up, but they only have 2gb transcend microsd cards...

they ship only in UK...i wish they shipped to US as well :(

good to know the SDHC will work on the curve. Now, who has the best price for the 4 gig?

Forget about the 4 gig . Sandisk just announced the 6 gig. The only thing is the the 4 gig writes faster than the 6gig. 6 gig should be out by months end. Unless anyone has seen it in the wild?

anyone? lol

I did read that I think it is SanDisk, not sure though on which vendor for certain, but they are releasing 8gb, 16gb and 32gb microSDHC cards sometime after the start of the year. I saw the article off Slashdot, and a couple other places. The prices were in Yen, but REALLY high...

[update]
Correction on that. I don't know the vendor, but I just did some searching that jogged my memory. It's going to be 8gb max for microSD, and then they will have 16 and 32gb early 2008.
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can anyone comment on the speeds of these cards? as in 2gb and 4gb sizes?

i have a first gen 1gb kingson that isnt microSDHC. just plain old microSD and its SLOW AS MOLASSES! reminds me of the first gen usb memory sticks.

if anyone actually has numerical stats it would help (i.e. r/w speeds in MB/s) thanks!

May I post about 6Gb cards here or should I start a whole new thread? I've described my problems with the 8300 and 6Gb cards HERE.

This is my first post in this forum...I've been really happy with all the great info I've gotten from you guys so far

This site has always been a great resource for comparing memory (card) prices:
dealram: 4GB microSD (TransFlash)

Hope this helps someone out!

I am using a 4gb card with no issues.

Here is a great deal on a Kingston 4GB MicroSD. No rebates required and 10% through today.

Kingston 4GB MicroSD Flash Card w/adapter,Model SDC4/4GB

Sorry, appears to already be out of stock.

To my understanding, Sandisk makes the most phone friendly cards out there. I have only ever bought Sandisks and I have never had problems on any of my phones readings 2gb and 4gb ones when others had problems. I am not sure if this was just luck or not, but it's enough to keep me buying Sandisks. I also had a phone geek at Microcenter confirm this to me as well.

Anyways, here is a link to the 4gb Sandisk at Microcenter online:
Micro Center Online - the center of .computer shopping

That link took me to a 4GB regular SD card, not a microSD...