CompactFlash gets storage boost
News Toshiba on Thursday announced 4GB and 2GB CompactFlash cards for use in digital camcorders, music players and cameras.The cards feature 90nm NAND flash memory technology, the company said. Samples of 2GB and 4GB cards are now available for $299.99...
[January 7, 2005, 11:55]
CompactFlash cards begin to fade away
News Older cards include CompactFlash and SmartMedia. These points are underscored by recent NPD data that shows an increase in market share of newer and smaller formats such as Secure Digital and the xD-Picture Card, compared with a relatively...
[April 23, 2003, 11:05]
Nuggets: UK's first CompactFlash modem... allegedly
News PPCP has released what it claims is the UK's first CompactFlash modem. The CompactModem slips into the CompactFlash slot, becoming more ubiquitous by the day, on Windows CE PDAs and handhelds to give you an instant, well as instant as it gets...
[June 16, 1999, 14:33]
Handheld devices get Bluetooth CompactFlash card
News US manufacturer Anycom supplied one more piece to the Bluetooth puzzle last week with what it says is the first commercially available Compact Flash (CF) Bluetooth card for handhelds devices and PCs in the US and Europe.
[September 3, 2001, 13:59]
Olympus Camedia P-400 review
Reviews The P-400 is equipped with SmartMedia and PC Card slots, and can produce prints directly from SmartMedia and CompactFlash cards (the latter via an optional PC Card adapter). Since there is not even an audible warning when the card has been read...
[April 10, 2001, 0:00]
Aleutia E1 review
Reviews Aleutia's solution is the diminutive E1, a fan-less computer running a small-footprint version of Linux from a CompactFlash card — there's no hard disk or internal solid-state drive. You wouldn't expect a system built around a 200MHz x86-compatible...
[February 21, 2008, 13:34]
NavMan GPS 3400 Voice review
Reviews The GPS 3400 Voice kit comprises a 12-channel GPS receiver jacket with a built-in Type II CompactFlash slot, a windscreen suction mount, a charger cable that fits in your car’s cigarette lighter, a quick-start guide and the SmartST Professional CD.
[October 7, 2002, 14:05]
Athena CF Enabler
Downloads The Athena CF EnablerYes, the CF slot on the Sony Clié can hold a CompactFlash Storage card, but its use was severely limited.until now. The Athena CF Enabler enables your Sony Clié to use the CompactFlash slot for standard CompactFlash memory.
[October 25, 2003, 8:00]
Nuggets: PPCP gets your Cassiopeia online
News PPCP has launched what it claims is the UK's first CompactFlash GSM card for Windows CE devices. It slots into the CompactFlash slot of your PDA, and has the advantage over software modem kits in that there's only one cable dangling around.
[November 15, 1999, 15:21]
NavMan GPS 3000 review
Reviews What you get in the box is a GPS jacket, which incorporates a CompactFlash slot, SMARTPATH City and SMARTPATH Trip software, an in-vehicle mounting arm and a cigarette lighter power adapter. The GPS jacket's CompactFlash slot allows you to insert a...
[January 10, 2002, 23:00]
Casio Cassiopeia E-200 review
Reviews The E-200 also has both a CompactFlash Type II slot and an SD card slot inside a redesigned case that's about the size of the iPAQ, although it weighs a touch more. This lets you listen to music stored on an SD card, for instance, while you're...
[October 5, 2001, 0:00]
Olympus Camedia P-200 review
Reviews Build quality is very good, with only the flap covering the SmartMedia and CompactFlash card slots being a little flimsy. The device itself has slots for both SmartMedia (3.3v) and CompactFlash. The SmartMedia slot supports cards up to 64MB and the...
[January 28, 2001, 23:00]
Digicam memory cards crack 4 gigabytes
News Lexar Media said on Monday that it will soon release two new CompactFlash cards that far exceed the memory capacity of other digital cards on the market, while rival SanDisk unveiled a line of CompactFlash and SD cards that transfer data at a...
[March 4, 2003, 8:54]
Sony CLIE PEG-NZ90 review
Reviews For the gadget-lover, the NZ90 is bursting with features: Palm OS 5.0 and Sony's improved user interface/launcher; a 200MHz processor (currently the fastest available in a Palm OS-based handheld); a Memory Stick slot for adding storage beyond the...
[February 7, 2003, 13:29]
Compaq iPAQ Navigation System 128i review
Reviews The jacket is bulky compared to many standalone GPS units, incorporating a chunky aerial and a CompactFlash slot for storing maps downloaded from a PC. The iNS is supplied with a 64MB or 128MB CompactFlash card, a CD containing TravRoute's Pocket...
[December 3, 2001, 23:00]
Toshiba Pocket PC e740 review
Reviews We came to dislike the small, spring-loaded button that ejects the CompactFlash card. In our previous reviews of handhelds with two expansion slots, we've recommended using the SD slot for storage and the CompactFlash slot for a Wi-Fi (802.11b) card.
[June 28, 2002, 18:07]
Navman GPS 3300 Terrain review
Reviews The jacket incorporates a CompactFlash card slot, so you can store larger maps than the iPAQ’s internal memory can manage. As well as the GPS jacket’s CompactFlash slot, our test iPAQ’s ROM FileStore was identified as a potential storage location.
[September 29, 2003, 16:05]
Fujitsu Siemens Pocket LOOX 720 review
Reviews It's on the the heavy side at 170g, though, but has slots for both CompactFlash and SD cards -- a rare but welcome feature. Expansion is available via CompactFlash and (SDIO-compatible) SD slots. Support for both CompactFlash and SD expansion cards...
[September 29, 2004, 12:40]
Palm: 'Little guy' takes on top-dog rivals
News Along with a slot for CompactFlash modules, the device accepts the same postage stamp-size Secure Digital cards used in Palm's upcoming m500 and m505. The HandEra 330 is a follow-up to the company's first handheld, which was basically a Palm III...
[April 23, 2001, 8:52]



