MicroSD in 8GB…Holy S!

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PalmInfoCenter
Samsung Announces 8 GB microSD Card
Thursday, May 17 10:06:20 AM PST
One of the indisputable trade offs in going from the full-size SD slots on the Treo 700p and 680 to the miniSD-enabled Treo 755p and 750 is the reduction in card storage capacity from 8 GB to a mere 4 GB. At the present time, owners of these newest Treo 755p and 750 equipped with miniSD slots cannot utilize the now-widespread and affordable 8 GB full-size SDHC cards and are limited to the handful of rare 4gb miniSDHC cards on the market. Samsung announced they have managed to leapfrog 8 GB in the larger miniSD form factor and somehow squeezed 8gb into the tiny thumbnail-sized microSD (formerly TransFlash) format.

In theory, this development could be a boon for Treo owners even if larger miniSD cards do not appear, as the microSD format is electrically compatible with miniSD and only requires an adapter card to move between devices. microSD cards are most commonly seen on smaller feature phones, with miniSD the norm for most recent smartphones and a few cameras and camcorders. Unfortunately, production of these large-capacity microSD cards is only set for mid-2008. Hopefully affordable 8 GB miniSDHC cards will be released in the interim to ease the pain felt when hitting the 4gb flash card ceiling.

Treo 755p is available…al’right, let’s celebr……WTF…miniSD!!!

How upset are you with Palm’s decision to go with the miniSD approach for the Treo 755p? I’m pissed! Where in the world am I going to find an 8GB miniSD card? That’s my review so far of the 755p. Other than that awful miniSD news, I am jumping up and down like a little kid.

Treo 755p any day. What to do, what to do?

So, it’s pretty much guaranteed that the Palm Treo 755p will drop this week at a Sprint store near you. If you are a Garnet OS devotee (or just too stubborn to move to a newer platform), you might want to pick it up. Now, help me decide what I should do.

I’m on Verizon with the ol’ solid Treo 650. My two year contract (for the $100 off upgrade) comes up in October. Plus we still don’t know when Verizon will get the 755p.

So, should I pay the termination fee and jump over to Sprint this month in order to get the 755p?
Should I say “screw it” and stick with my 650 until a “real” new device comes out?
Should I say “screw Garnet” and jump over to a Windows Mobile 6 Treo when it comes out?
Should I just ride out my contract, save lot’s of money, and stick with my (slow, but steady) 650?

WWYD (What Would You Do)?

PocketTunes Album Art Request

Do you wish there was more space on your SD cards to sync a few more songs? The enhancement request below may help get you just that.

Currently, Pocket Tunes can sync tracks with embedded album art in the file. The Pocket Tunes / Windows Media Player (WMP) sync does not have the capability to sync album art stored in folders. Though, the Pocket Tunes player does have the ability to display album art stored in folders while songs are playing.

Each time album art is added to an music file (MP3, WMA, ACC, etc), the file size increases. Since it’s likely that every song on the same album (or folder) will use the same album art, we are looking at unnecessary file size increase just to ensure that every track has album art.

If the Pocket Tunes / WMP sync tool could sync folder based album art, we would be able to eliminate track based album art. This would in turn decrease the file size of each music file, since only one image per folder would be synced. In turn a few (or more) megabytes of space should free up from the SD card allowing room for more songs.

An added benefit of this enhancement is that users won’t have to spend extra effort adding album art to music files using various 3rd party tools, since WMP automatically adds folder based album art when songs are added to the WMP library.

Treo 750 gets a free upgrade to Windows Mobile 6

This is sweet news for WinMo users. It’s also interesting for Garnet (Palm OS) users that are considering jumping to WinMo. Windows Mobile 6 answers some BIG questions for those of us hanging on to Garnet OS.

ChatterEmail update

There’s a new update for ChatterEmail. I use this for Exchange Push email, GMail, and POP mail. Works great. As good as a Blackberry. Get ChatterEmail here.

v3.0.4rc1

1. Fixed a problem with POP3 messages with attachment(s) and no text part (messages would need to be reloaded for the change to be apparent)
2. Fixed a problem with viewing certain mixed text/html messages in POP3.

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Short Treo Antenna @ MyTreo.Net

The antenna on the Treo is a distinguishing feature with many benefits. It can help you identify other Treo users from a distance. It can be used as a handle to pull your Treo out of its case. However, if you are like me, you wish your Treo’s antenna was either shorter or not protruding at all. Thanks to a new accessory available from mytreo.net/store, you can replace the existing antenna on your Treo 650 or Treo 700 with one that’s so short it’s like having no antenna at all!
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