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Palm Pilot Memory Cards: Something One Could Never Have Too Much Of
By Darrin Ngo
Palm pilots are amazing things to have. Technically, palm pilots are personal digital assistants, electronic devices which stand as the electronic version of a personal organizer or filofax. The vernacular term, which would be "palm pilots", used in defining them, hails from the Palm Pilot, the first generation of personal digital assistants coming from Palm in 1996. The
series was quite popular that the
term is now being used in describing and defining personal digital assistants.
At their most basic, personal digital assistants are electronic devices which are geared to function as personal organizers, but with the rising change and fast pace of development of technology, many palm pilots are no longer limited to such functions.
Some models of palm pilots feature integrated digital cameras, making them digital cameras as well. Some classes of palm pilots feature mobile phone capabilities, making them mobile phones, negating the need for users to carry mobile phones with them. Thorough the utilization of software, most palm pilots could be used as portable audio and video players. As electronic data devices, palm pilots also shine.
But all these special functions depend on one aspect of a palm pilot: the memory. Where would the pictures taken using a camera equipped be stored? Memory. Where would the videos and compressed audio
files be stored in a so users could call them for playback? memory. Where would users who utilize their palm pilots as portable workstations save all their work? memory. Where would one store electronic data in a palm pilot? memory.
In catering to the vast memory needs of users, many palm pilots feature "expandable memory" features in their units, made possible through the utilization of memory cards. Think of memory cards as removable storage media which basically represent the CD-ROMs in palm pilots, only different in the sense that one could easily read and write data on memory cards. They are small items, but pack quite impressive data storage capacities, some boasting storage capacities of up to two gigabytes.
The SanDisk Ultra II SD Plus USB 2GB would be one of the most impressive of memory cards, featuring an built-in USB functionality, meaning users don't need to have an SD Card reader with them to access the memory card's 2 gigabyte storage space.
Of course, not all memory cards come with integrated USB capabilities, as there are other memory cards out there which are simply memory cards by themselves.
Bottom line, regardless of type of memory card, one just can never have enough memory when owning a palm pilot.
My background is in information technology. I have been particularly interested the palm pilot when it made its big debut in 2000.
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