Charlie_Boy

Does anyone know of any performance issues with these types of cards and their use in a pocket pc, which of these cards are best for speed.

mark_h

CF is physically bigger and more versatile than SD. It can be faster (there are different speeds available) and cheaper (for a given capacity) too. You can even get mini harddisks in a CF card. Capacities for CF are well beyond 1GB (I've heard of a 12GB CF card)

mynickers

Exactly that, size and size and speed. SD cars are about the size of a simm card, they get used in phones and PDA's alot, due to their size, but they're more fragile, and mostly slower.

Depends what you need it for...

I do digital photography, and I used compact flash with USB2 reader...

Charlie_Boy

Well at the moment i have a 1GB ibm microdrive, i presume this chews alot more battery than CF or SD or does it, the only reason i ask is that i want t free up the CF slot and use a CF GPS card and use the SD slot for memory, when i'm using the PDA for GPS.

An alternative is to use a bluetooth version, but not sure about how good these are.

mynickers

Well I know a few people that use SD and they have no complaints, might be a bit slower, but in the grand scheme of things, PC's used to come with 1-4gig hard-drives just a few short years ago, now you can get it on a card the size of a stamp - so can't really complain. Sure you'll be fine, be sure to look around though, prices vary alot - you can get it really cheap now, but some people still try and flog it for more. eBay is quite deceptive for that...