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neoxerxes
05-02-2007, 07:56
I feel this is to be a silly question, but what the hey. I intend to get a card at some point, but I was wondering what is the best method of getting the card (dummy card at this point) out? What are those people supposed to do if they lack the neccesary fingernails? A spring mechanism would have been great a la Sony digicams, although I do not know how much that would have affected the size of the device. I'm afraid I'm going to damage it when using certain objects. Also, those people using a card reader, is really worth the hassle of taking it out and such?
Barron
05-02-2007, 08:33
It does have a spring mechanism just push it down and it pops right out.
red5
05-02-2007, 17:40
guess you can even push it down with the stylus if you don`t have enough fingernail
neoxerxes
05-02-2007, 19:35
It does have a spring mechanism just push it down and it pops right out.

Haha, serious? You know, I tried to push it down as a first go, but it didn't budge. Obviously I'm not pushing it hard enough. Thanks guys.
red5
05-02-2007, 20:06
hehehe
btw... if you happen to insert an SD card in the slot, try with the contacts facing up, not the written side...
took my a while to realize that it goes that way.... [blush]
Nosedive
10-22-2008, 19:30
Also, those people using a card reader, is really worth the hassle of taking it out and such?

This is a good question. I asked myself the same.

What's better? Leaving the card in the D2 all the time and managing (erasing and filling the card) over windows explorer when you connect the D2? Or is it better to remove the card and connect it to the computer over a card reader directly?
I read that those flash cards usually last 10.000 times of inserting and removing them from the card reader. To me this sounds as if the inserting and the removing is what puts the most stress on the card. And 10.000 times isn't that much. Imagine you connect the card 10 times a day to your computer then this is already 10 times inserting and 10 times removing every day then the card would last 500 days only! [shocked]
Then I wonder how manufacturers can give a lifetime warranty because this way it won't last a lifetime.
Nemesis
10-23-2008, 12:02
Flash cards are limited in the number of times you can write on memory inside them. Inserting or removing them makes no difference. This applies to every individual memory bit separately.

You can write to them while they are in the D2, but using a cardreader will most likely work faster.

The Kingston cards I use have a 10 year warrenty. This is similar to a lifetime warrenty since youŽll either have lost the purchase ticket, or by then the price of the the card will be down to about 10 ct., so replacing is not an issue for them anymore. ;)