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Originally Posted by cathyWeeks
I think you've got the Kindle confused with a different reader. The Kindle is advertised as being able to accept either SD or SDHC cards up to 4 gig in size (not 2). And I know of people who have put an 8 gig sd card in the Kindle (despite it being advertised as only accepting up to 4), and said it worked just fine. I imagine the only real drawback to using the 8 GB card is that it might be a little slow.
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I will certainly withdraw the objection if it's true, but the majority of online writeups indicate that support stops at 2 GB, including Wikipedia's description of the Kindle:
A SD card expansion slot is present. SDHC is supported, but only the first 2GB is accessible.
Going up to 4 GB is good, but why stop there? 4 GB cards are now ~$25. The SDHC spec allows up to 32 GB (a limitation of the FAT32 file system more than the hardware spec) and those cards will be with us soon and cheap even sooner.
All engineering solutions are compromises, and the Kindle is a nice piece of engineering. Some things (like the tiny display) are understandable simply because that's the current state of the art. Other things, like limiting the expansion card slot to 2 or even 4 GB, are beyond comprehension.