Do you use an expansion card on your ebook reader? How big is it? - Page 2

moz · 05-03-2008, 10:50 PM

I have a 505 with 2GB SD and 8GB Memory Stick Extra Stupid or whatever the "looks like an SD card but is proprietary Sony shape" thing is. Both are full of MP3s so I can listen to them while I'm using external power. But mostly I keep them separate and just use the liseuse for reading. Cards make the startup time pretty horrid, and I find that I shuffle books on and off the device pretty fast due to lack of ability to mark things ead or move them to a separate folder - paging through 200 items is pretty ugly, doing it for 1000+ would be appalling.

Crisby · 05-03-2008, 10:51 PM

I use a 2GB Sandisk SD card in my Cybook and I pop it into a USB stick (SD card reader) to use with my iLiad. I'm nowhere near filling the SD card with eBooks, but that's my aim!

And.. I'll use the 1GB SD card that came packaged with my HanLin, in it.

RWood · 05-03-2008, 11:04 PM

I have a 2 GB SD card for the PRS-500 and a host of Memory Sticks from years Sony cameras. The Memory Sticks are from 16 MB up to 128 MB. However, I don't use them. Since I can put 40 books on the internal memory and still have over 40 MB remaining means that I have no need for the expansion capability. I have a 30 GB Creative Zen that I use for MP3s so the only time I have used the expansion is to review pictures I have taken on the Sony after exchanging the Memory Stick in the camera.

RCR · 05-04-2008, 06:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Madam Broshkina

Do the two gray cards that came with my Sony PRS 505 count? I use them all the time. I only take them out to give them a quick polish.

Hee hee.

I NEVER remove mine. I'm afraid if I have holes in my Sony, words will leak out.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 05-04-2008, 08:23 AM

Yes, I do. It is a good 20 feet long and very sturdy, but easy to roll up when not in use. And it's white, so no one will trip over it. It does limit my reading to being close to an electrical socket, but in many cases...

huh?...

oh... you said expansion card?

Never mind.

GeoffC · 05-04-2008, 09:01 AM

I use the one I was given , there's never been any complaint about how big it is ...

sealbeater · 05-07-2008, 06:17 PM

Sony Reader 505, 1 8 gig memory stick, 1 2 gig SD, using about 7.6 gigs currently.

Nate the great · 05-25-2008, 09:56 PM

*bump*

Elsi · 05-25-2008, 10:32 PM

My Kindle has a 2G SD card in it -- which formerly was in my digital camera until I upgraded the camera to an 8G card. It's about 3% utilized or some such silly nonsense like that. I only have the books I'm likely to read in the next couple of weeks loaded into the Kindle (including the SD card). In my backpack, I carry a USB "thumb" drive with practically everything I've ever downloaded on it, so I can push other books onto the device whenever I want.

When my sister got her Kindle, I purchased a 1G SD card for her (at under $15.00) and put 350 files on it (including all 50 of the Harvard Classics) which only took up 150 Meg of the card's storage.

Books of text don't take much space, even if they're a pretty long book. Illustrated books (such as the Beatrix Potter ones) are *HUGE*.

daffy4u · 05-25-2008, 10:40 PM

8GB for my Kindle. I actually purchased it for my laptop but decided the Kindle had a better use for it.

brecklundin · 05-26-2008, 05:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

I use an Orson Scott Card.

Must cast quite a Shadow then? But maybe only in the Mind?

Oh, wait you wrote Orson Scott Card not Orson Wells...or are they one in the same?

Not that it matters but I have one 8GB I use for the internal card. I also have a 16GB for the external card due here any day for my N800...

zelda_pinwheel · 05-26-2008, 07:00 AM

i use a 64 mo (yes, all that !!) SmartMedia card which i bought with my liseuse (eb1150). all my books are on the card, because i can't access the internal memory if there is a card inserted. i currently have 104 books on it (including several dictionaries, a few omnibus editions, and some illustrated works) with 2.3mo (3%) free. i keep my library on my hard drive (i need to find a better way of organising / cataloguing it though) and add the books i can foresee wanting to read in the near future.

i like having a selection available to me so as to anticipate all possible reading moods (and i also like to read 2 or 3 different books in parallel, and switch back and forth depending on my mood), but that seems amply sufficient to me, at least for now. even if i were to take it with me for a 2-week trip, i doubt i would be able to read all 100 (or so) books.

View Poll Results: Do you use an expansion card? How big is it?
No. At less than 32MB, my reader's internal memory is adequate.	0	0%
No. At less than 128MB, my reader's internal memory is good enough.	4	4.88%
No. At less than 256MB, my reader's internal memory is adequate.	5	6.10%
No. My reader came with a vast amount of Flash memory.	2	2.44%
Yes. I added a card with less than 64MB storage on it.	3	3.66%
Yes. I added a card with less than 128MB storage on it.	1	1.22%
Yes. I added a card with less than 512MB storage on it.	2	2.44%
... one or more cards with 1GB storage.	12	14.63%
... one or more cards with 2GB storage.	34	41.46%
... one or more cards with 4GB storage.	8	9.76%
8GB	4	4.88%
More than 8GB	4	4.88%
The blue one, next to the fish.	3	3.66%
Voters: 82. You may not vote on this poll

05-03-2008, 10:51 PM	#17
Crisby Fanatic Posts: 36 Karma: 357 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia Device: none	I use a 2GB Sandisk SD card in my Cybook and I pop it into a USB stick (SD card reader) to use with my iLiad. I'm nowhere near filling the SD card with eBooks, but that's my aim! And.. I'll use the 1GB SD card that came packaged with my HanLin, in it. Last edited by Crisby; 05-05-2008 at 06:17 AM. Reason: Adding my HanLin

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05-03-2008, 10:50 PM	#16
moz Addict Posts: 370 Karma: 1553 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbun Device: Kobo H2O	I have a 505 with 2GB SD and 8GB Memory Stick Extra Stupid or whatever the "looks like an SD card but is proprietary Sony shape" thing is. Both are full of MP3s so I can listen to them while I'm using external power. But mostly I keep them separate and just use the liseuse for reading. Cards make the startup time pretty horrid, and I find that I shuffle books on and off the device pretty fast due to lack of ability to mark things ead or move them to a separate folder - paging through 200 items is pretty ugly, doing it for 1000+ would be appalling.

05-03-2008, 11:04 PM	#18
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	I have a 2 GB SD card for the PRS-500 and a host of Memory Sticks from years Sony cameras. The Memory Sticks are from 16 MB up to 128 MB. However, I don't use them. Since I can put 40 books on the internal memory and still have over 40 MB remaining means that I have no need for the expansion capability. I have a 30 GB Creative Zen that I use for MP3s so the only time I have used the expansion is to review pictures I have taken on the Sony after exchanging the Memory Stick in the camera.

05-04-2008, 08:23 AM	#20
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Yes, I do. It is a good 20 feet long and very sturdy, but easy to roll up when not in use. And it's white, so no one will trip over it. It does limit my reading to being close to an electrical socket, but in many cases... huh?... oh... you said expansion card? Never mind.

05-04-2008, 09:01 AM	#21
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	I use the one I was given , there's never been any complaint about how big it is ...

05-07-2008, 06:17 PM	#22
sealbeater Banned Posts: 666 Karma: 1752814 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505 : Onyx Boox Max : Sony PRS-900 : Onyx Kepler Pro	Sony Reader 505, 1 8 gig memory stick, 1 2 gig SD, using about 7.6 gigs currently.

05-25-2008, 09:56 PM	#23
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	bump

05-25-2008, 10:32 PM	#24
Elsi Wizard Posts: 2,366 Karma: 12000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas, USA Device: Kindle; Sony PRS 505; Blackberry 8700C	My Kindle has a 2G SD card in it -- which formerly was in my digital camera until I upgraded the camera to an 8G card. It's about 3% utilized or some such silly nonsense like that. I only have the books I'm likely to read in the next couple of weeks loaded into the Kindle (including the SD card). In my backpack, I carry a USB "thumb" drive with practically everything I've ever downloaded on it, so I can push other books onto the device whenever I want. When my sister got her Kindle, I purchased a 1G SD card for her (at under $15.00) and put 350 files on it (including all 50 of the Harvard Classics) which only took up 150 Meg of the card's storage. Books of text don't take much space, even if they're a pretty long book. Illustrated books (such as the Beatrix Potter ones) are HUGE.

05-25-2008, 10:40 PM	#25
daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	8GB for my Kindle. I actually purchased it for my laptop but decided the Kindle had a better use for it.

05-26-2008, 07:00 AM	#27
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i use a 64 mo (yes, all that !!) SmartMedia card which i bought with my liseuse (eb1150). all my books are on the card, because i can't access the internal memory if there is a card inserted. i currently have 104 books on it (including several dictionaries, a few omnibus editions, and some illustrated works) with 2.3mo (3%) free. i keep my library on my hard drive (i need to find a better way of organising / cataloguing it though) and add the books i can foresee wanting to read in the near future. i like having a selection available to me so as to anticipate all possible reading moods (and i also like to read 2 or 3 different books in parallel, and switch back and forth depending on my mood), but that seems amply sufficient to me, at least for now. even if i were to take it with me for a 2-week trip, i doubt i would be able to read all 100 (or so) books.

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