Comments on: Palm TX supports 8 GB SD card!

By: MKL

MKL — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:34:54 +0000

I have a Tungsten E2 Palm Pilot and a 4 GB SD card; however, my Palm keeps telling me to put in a card and will not recognize it. Any suggestions???

By: Lutz

Lutz — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:40:30 +0000

Hi,
with my TX I’ve
- 1 year best experiences: 2GB SD-Card (non SDHC!) SanDisk
- 2 years best experiences: 4GB SD-Card (non SDHC!) takeMS HyperSpeed 133x
- 1 month good experiences: Driver PowerSDHC with 6GB Class4 SDHC Panasonic
- at this moment bad experiences: Driver PowerSDHC with 16GB Class6 SDHC Transcend
Lutz

By: Tam Hanna, Site Founder

Tam Hanna, Site Founder — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:21:53 +0000

Hi,
I have to say that I think it should work – why not get in touch with Dmitry though?

All the best
Tam Hanna

By: Niyi

Niyi — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:14:54 +0000

Ok. Tried a Trascend 4GB (non-SDHC) card – works ok having formatted it as FAT32.
Thanks Tam for the additional info. Is there any reason why I shouldn’t be able to use say a 16GB SDHC on the TX (with PowerSDHC of course)? Would like to know what is ‘doable’ before splashing out on the card and driver. TIA.

By: Tam Hanna, Site Founder

Tam Hanna, Site Founder — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:02:24 +0000

Hi,
it works only with PowerSDHC!

All the best
Tam Hanna

By: Niyi

Niyi — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:49:22 +0000

So … back to the original question … does the Palm TX support 8GB SD cards???
I tried a 4GB SDHC card – didn’t work (conclusio: does not support SDHC). The TX is a first-class device and I’d like to use it for more stuff (mainly video). Has anyone actually used an 8GB SD card on the TX and which one?

By: Tam Hanna, Site Founder

Tam Hanna, Site Founder — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:33:57 +0000

Hi,
what about a Treo 680?

Cheap, robust…

All the best
Tam Hanna

By: Ryan Rix

Ryan Rix — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:41:33 +0000

Hi Ryu,

See Dmitry Grinberg’s palmpowerups.com for SDHC support! (it was a real pain in the ass for Dima to write so I highly suggest you try it out before writing your own slot driver)

Don’t know how you could have missed that news, it was very big

~Ryan

By: Ryu Darragh

Ryu Darragh — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:09:11 +0000

Unfortunately, few devices, even in Nov 2008, support SDHC. Notably, the new RIZR doesn’t. Only PCs support SDHC by default, although you *can* get a standard 4GB SD card, most larger than 2GB are SDHC. Been wondering if it would be worth it to try and write a driver for the TX for SDHC cards. The RIZR pairs with stero headsets, but then, so does the TX using Audio Gateway. And the players for the TX beat the digital snot out of the lame ass RIZR player. I found both the Logitech headsets (stereo and the new stereo with mic), the Motorola HT820 and the Nokia E5 all pair with both gadgets, no problem. The HT820 has superior sound, but the logitech is second and has a mic. Ah, well, the search for an SDHC driver for the TX goes on

By: Tam Hanna, Site Founder

Tam Hanna, Site Founder — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:30:13 +0000

Hi Wulf,
the reason why Win 3.x never was adapted to handhelds IMHO is easy: the OS is not optimized for handhelds. Not hardwarewise, but handling-wise (think about thinks like big controls, one-handed navigation,…).

I have once wished for desktop OS’ses on handhelds, too – but quickly gave it up…

All the best
Tam Hanna