SanDisk's 128 MB Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card includes a high-performance, nine-pin SD interface that enables data transfer rates of up to 10 megabytes per second. Its proprietary interface commands facilitate the secure exchange of content between host devices, like PCs and music servers, and the card itself. The security level provided in the SD Memory Card has been designed to comply with current and projected SDMI (Secure Digital Music Initiative) portable device requirements.
The SD Card is a highly secure stamp-sized flash memory card. Jointly developed by Matsushita Electronic (best known for its Panasonic brand name products), SanDisk and Toshiba, the SD Card weighs approximately two grams. The SD Card can be used in a variety of digital products; digital music players, cellular phones, handheld PCs (HPCs), digital cameras, digital video camcorders, smart phones, car navigation systems and electronic books.
1 Sandisk 128MB SD Card A-10
This is an excellent product and would recommend it to anyone. However, it may not work with all electronic devices and you must read information about your particular product before buying this. Also, I am not 13,but didn't feel much like logging into my account to review this product. I hope my review of this product will help other people before buying this.
2 Excellent
Would buy from vendor in the future. Item arrived in a timely
manner.
3 SanDisk really stands behind its products.
I bought this SD card 2 1/2 years ago for use in my Magellan Meridian GPS receiver. Worked great until last month. Went to SanDisk's website for help. The tech support people had me go through some diagnostic procedures and determined that the card wasn't fixable. They arranged for me to return the card to them and even paid for shipping by FedEx. Two days after they received my old card, a new one was on its way to me. Just received it today and it works like a charm.
It sure is nice to do business with a company that stands behind its products and cares about its customers.
4 How many pictures will it store?
How many pictures will it store? It is the most commonly asked question from digital camera enthusiast but usually the question that is the most difficult to get a straight answer about. Well, considering I worked in the memory industry for over 7 years I can help clarify this perplexing question and do so unbiased as I have since changed industries.
The SanDisk SDSDB-128-A10 Secure Digital 128MB, like most 128MB cards, will store on average 142 pictures when used with a 2 megapixel camera, 106 images when used with a 3 megapixel camera, 64 pictures when used with a 4 megapixel camera, 51 images when used with a 5 megapixel camera, and 40 pictures when used with a 6 megapixel camera. These numbers are based off the assumption that you are going to shoot your images at the highest quality JPEG setting available for the camera and understand that they are estimates and may be off by as much as 10 percent due to numerous factors including the complexity of the scene being shot and the compression algorithm used by your specific camera.
I truly hope this review was helpful to you in determining whether this card is the right capacity for your specific needs.
5 A good product for my Toshiba pda
I bought it for use on the Toshiba e755 six months ago. I did not find any problem. It runs surprisingly fast, so I put a lot mp3s in it and my pda can be used as a small size ipod :)
6 Unbeliveable!!!!!!
I bought this memory for my HP Photosmart 320 2 years ago. Since then I have traveled to Paris, Ireland, Hawaii, and a few southern states. Overall I took 10,000 pics w/ this camera and its trusty 128 mb san disk memory. It has performed wonderfully for all of these trips. I recomend this item for any Digital photographer.
7 Works great on my cam.
Have a Photosmart 640 from HP, works well. Just thought id say so.
8 Works great with Zire 71
I bought this for my palm zire 71 and it works great. I have not had any problems with it.
I have also used it to move files from work to home and have not had to reformat or do anything other than drag and drop with a usb reader I bought.
9 Not compatible with Toshiba E740
I bought the card because it said that it is compatible with PDA.
I first had some troubles with transfer large files. Then had trouble with backup(back-up) of the Toshiba E740 pocket PC.
After chatting with Toshiba online support, suggesting that I check the compatibility, I went to the Sandisk's website, and then found out that the SD 128 MB (619659015947/B000068CS0)doesn't compatible with Toshiba product. What a problem. Hope that help.
10 Beware: not good with Zaurus
I bought two of these and they simply don't work at all with Zaurus SL-5500. This is well documented on the web, and is due to wait state changes that were made to the card, but I didn't find that out until too late. The latest ROM from sharp (2.38) doesn't seem to help. At first, they show on the desktop, but after a while, they disappear.
I have no reason to believe it isn't a great product when used with other devices. This just applies to the Zaurus.
11 Not fully compatible with Audiovox PDA
After receiving an error message when attempting backups and transfers of files over 3mb, I just gave up. Don't get this if you're using it with a Maestro.
12 it works
bought a 128 MB card and it works with no problems in the Magellan Meridian GPS.
13 Worked well with my Camcorder
I purchased this from Amazon.com and I used with my Panasonic Camcorder pvdv702 and The results were good. I am pretty pleased with it so far.
14 Good, cheap memory for your camera or PDA
I use one of these memory modules in my Toshiba E740, and it works flawlessly. Sandisk memory is also usually cheaper than many of the other brands, which makes it a excellent value.
15 Not compatible with Toshiba E740
Couldn't perform a standard back-up procedure with my E740. Called Toshiba, said SanDisk was not recommended. I tried a Lexar SD card, no problems. Back-up worked fine. I will no longer buy SanDisk.
16 Won't Work With Toshiba PDA according to Toshiba
According to Toshiba technical support, this product will not
work with a Toshiba PDA. Therefore it is worthless to me. I
have no idea as to why Amazon.com sells it under these circumstances. My recommendation would be to not buy it until
you check with the manufacturer of the product where you plan to place it. Any SD manufacturer that has this poor of a relationship with a major device manafacturer should either repair the relationship or warn customers of problems. Avoid
this product unless you are sure it works with your device.
17 Excellent
This memory card is great. Compare prices this one is less expensive and does just as good a job. I'd buy again.
18 Mail in Rebate for $20.00, what a great value!
I bought the ScanDisk 128MB Secure Digital Card for $59.99 with a $20.00 MAIL-IN REBATE, and it operates beautifully in my Sharp, 4.2 MegaPixel, VE-CG40U Digital Camera. I have achieved great vaule in purchasing these products, the camera for $297.00 and the Card for $39.00 after mail-in rebate, what a wonderfull world. The ScanDisk 128mb holds 97 pictures at the highest resolution and the pictures are great.They are equivalent to any 35mm shot, I am comparing the pictures to a Canon AE-1. I have used this card several times and have had NO problem downloading, re-formating or printing the pictures on both my HP printer or my Lexmark all-in-one printer. The Sharp camera is equivalent to any 4MegaPixel camera out there and the ScanDisk secure digital card works great, so far! (I printed the mail-in-rebate form when I ordered the card from Amazon, the rebate comes from ScanDisk.)The ScanDisk 128mb secure digital card seems to have been a steal at Amazon for $59.99 with a $20.00 rebate and free shipping!
19 It works fine!
I read several reviews that had a negative evaulation of the SanDisk 128mb secure digital card and have found them to be inaccurate. I bought a Sharp 4MegaPixel Digital Camera and this product works great. Down-loading is easy, and picture quality
is great. The card formats easily and seems to be a great product. For the price, $... with a ... rebate and free shipping, this is a hell of a bargain! I recommend this product to the consumer interested in Value and Quality.
20 Works great with HP Camera and printer
I am using this memory card with the HP Photosmart 620 digital camera and HP All-In-One printer psc 2210. This digital memory card has worked great with both products. No compatability issues at all!
21 Works great!
I am using this memory card for my Panasonic digital camera. So far, it's working fine for me. Good price compared to other brands.
22 One Year and then...
I bought the 128MB Sandisk SD card for use with my Concord Eye-Q camera. It works great. I dropped it in, and the camera immediately recognized it, transferred two pix to it that were in internal memory, and told me that I have 171 pix remaining.
I was in Myanmar (Burma) in September and October taking pictures. Suddenly, ie. without warning, the SD card began refusing access and could not even be reformatted. I understand it has a five year warranty, so I will be checking it out and will update this review after doing so.
23 Great Buy
I checked all other prices before buying this and saw that the lowest price I can find is [money]. I got discouraged at first because of the negative reviews that I saw but figured out that the card won't work on older models of PDA's and digital cameras. But once you've upgraded the software for your PDA or dig cam, it works perfectly. My dig cam was the latest model so I was able to use the card straight from the box. No problems, no delays. I can store almost 100 pics using a 3.2 MP cam with highest resolution. Long story short, GREAT PRODUCT AT A GREAT PRICE!
24 Was defective
I bought the 128MB card to use in my Leica Digilux and immediately had problems...some shots would not record others looked like they recorded, but then would turn up corrupted when I brought them into Photoshop. I went back to my original card and no problems. An isolated issue? Who knows.
25 May have compatibility problems with Toshiba PDAs
Before you purchase this card (Sandisk 128MB SD) for your Toshiba PDAs (like I did), you should visit PDA discussion forums like Brighthand.com. There had been many instances where data lost occured because of incompatibility between the specific card and Toshiba PDAs (like my Toshiba E310). Sandisk tech support basically throws their hands up and say - "they are not compatible with each other".
If it works for you, make sure you keep your data backed up in case something does happen. But backing up data is something you should do regularly anyway. Good luck!
26 Would be great if it worked
I started using these cards a few months ago. Bought two of them. They were a lot cheaper than those from Lexar, Simple, etc. However, you get what you pay for.
I first found out how bad these cards are when I bought a Sharp Zaurus. Apparently Sandisk does something funky in the hardware on these cards that keeps them from behaving like everyone else's cards. Whatever they have done keeps it from working on the Zaurus.
While looking through some other products here , I am now seeing that they are not working on things such as the Toshiba e740 (which I also own). The card seemed to work on mine, but only half way. I had been attributing problems to the PC2002 OS on it. Turns out I was a bit mistaken.
So, if you can get this card to work in your device, good luck to you. If you can't, get rid of the card and buy something from another manufacturer.
27 Amazon is the best
I had an issue with my order and Amazon quickly made me, yet again, a very satisfied customer!
28 So far, so good
I bought this memory card to give me more room to store mp3s for jogging (it holds about 2 hours worth of 160 kbps mp3s). The secure digital card continues to work flawlesly, even after suffering several falls while within my mp3 player.
The card has a write-protection sliding tab, enabling you to view your files without fear of accidental erasure.
Though it is a 132MB card, it's user accesable capacity is 120MBs.
I'm buying another just as soon as I get my Kodak DX4330...
29 It Works
What do you say about someting you don't think about because it does what it is supposed to do. Yeah they are small but what does it matter when that is the form factor your device accepts.
30 No risk purchase
Too bad Sans Customer from San Francisco did not buy this card at Costco. He could have returned his card no questions asked, even after the warranty expired, for a full refund. Not sure how they (Costco) can make money by having such a liberal return policy but it is a fact. I returned some computer stuff there that was over 3 years old and got a full refund.
31 It works!
Got a handspring Treo 90 and bought the SanDisk 128MB Secure Digital Memory card the next day. Had to update the Treo with an update from Handspring before using it, but it was no problem. In genral it is awesome. Loading data (like a 12MB dictionary from Peanutpress or whatever they are called these days) is slow, but I think that has to do with Flash in general and not necessarily the SanDisk card. I have also loaded a ton of jpegs on it and it works like a champ. I highly recommend this memory card.
32 Nonresponsive cards and customer service...
I bought a Sandisk 128 SD card at great expense several months ago, and it seemed to work perfectly in every device I tried it in. Until, that is, I put it into (a little known device called) a Palm M515. Apparently, the 128 cards that Sandisk manufactured up until (sometime) this year are NOT compatible with the Palm series, at least the M515. You will get an endless loop of "formatting," and the only way out is a reset.
After hours of searching around, I discovered on some newsgroups that this was an issue with Sandisk cards, and that you need to call Sandisk and have them replace it with a usable one under their warranty. (Seems to me that Palm and Sandisk could have the integrity to point this out on their sites, but search around and you will find nothing).
After calling Sandisk and spending 15 minutes giving all the info to some representative in FLA, was told they would be back to me in 3-4 days. After hearing nothing from them for about 10-14 days (even with another phone call), I finally got an email from their customer service. Too late, as I dumped this card at a loss and went with Lexar- a company whose memory has never let me down. As far as Sandisk goes- cheap prices, but if they leave you hanging when you need warranty service- pay a couple bucks more and get a quality product from Simpletech, Lexar, Panasonic, or anyone else.
33 Good stuff
Excellent card...Works good in my Magellan Meridian Platinum GPS.
34 NOT COMPATABLE with Toshiba e310!
I just got off the line with Toshiba. The Sandisk SD's are NOT compatable with their Pocket PC's. I bought three of the 128 MB's at once (for backups and data storage) and two have died so far. Sandisk did not know of this (they do now) but Toshiba DID and has NO warnings up on their Web site! Man am I ticked! The 128's will work for a while, start to fail, then hard fail on the Pocket PC (won't even recognize it). Toshiba suggested I buy a Toshiba SD instead (or a Dilken to be fair). Toshiba, I love the e310, but this is a poor way to treat customers.
35 Bad disks
I have ordered and returned 2 of these for use with a new e310 toshiba palm pc.
1. The first came in and said it was only 310Kb
2. The 2nd would only copy about 36Mb of files and then crach my computer. Also every time I put it in the e310 it would ask to format it. !!! spent 2 days talking to Toshiba ans sandisk. Of course each say its the other whats new!!!
36 Great Product
Bought the SD card for use in my iPAQ 3955. Works great with my iPAQ as well as my Kodak DK3700 Digital Camera.
I also purchased the SecureMate SDCard reader. Running WIN XP Pro I had no problem finding and copying files to the SDCard.
37 Does not work with Sharp Zaurus
DO NOT buy this if you want to use it with a Sharp Zaurus -- if you check the Zaurus newsgroups, you'll find that this card does not work with that great little PDA. It will mount once, then if you turn the machine off or eject the card it will never be mountable again. It's not clear if this is a problem with the SD card or the Zaurus, but it is clear you should use a different brand...
38 Works great in Panasonic PV-DV851 camcorder
The camcorder came with an 8 MB memory card, which can be filled very quickly if you like taking photos with the camcorder (each picture occupies about 0.5 MB). No setup is necessary, just plug this card into the camcorder and it works.
39 alexn
I purchased this SanDisk 128 MB Secure Digital Card for my Toshiba PRD-3300 digital camera. The first time I received the SD card from Amazon.com, I plugged it into my camera, formatted the card per the specification in the instruction manual and started taking pictures. The pictures came out scrambled on the replay option. I tried reformatting the card but then I got the message "card error". I thought that the card was defective and I returned it for replacement to Amazon.com. In approximately 4-5 days I received my second SanDisk 128 MB Secure Digital Card. I repeated the same procedure of formatting, picture taking and so on but I was getting the same result and the error message. I was ready to send the card back again, but before I did I thought I'd check around the web to see if there is any compatibility issue of this card with my camera. I went on Toshiba web site to see if I can find any compatibility issue with this card. Sure enough when I checked for new Firmware it had this:
"Latest Firmware Upgrade Features:
Improved compatibility with SanDisk brand SD Cards manufactured after May 2002, specifically for high capacity SD Cards -
128MB SanDisk SD Cards
256MB SanDisk SD Cards
Upgrade your PDR-3300 for use with these cards."
I followed the instructions, upgraded my firmware to the latest revision 1.04A and now my camera recognizes the 128MB SanDisk SD Card and it is working great.
40 DIDNT WORK
Bought one of these and took it on vacation. Defective, did not function.
41 Toshiba PDR 3300
I brought the card because of the low price. I have a Toshiba PDR 3300 and encountered the same problems as previous buyers. Rather than return the product, I contacted Toshiba and found that I needed to upgrade Toshiba's Firmware version from 1.02 to 1.04 for the 128mb card to work. The 128mb sd card will not work with the software that comes with the camera. You can download the software at www.toshiba.com/taisisd/isd_svc/svcdsc/m3300upgrade.htm
Once I uploaded the upgrade the card work wonderfully..
42 Works FINE with Toshiba PDR 330 digital cameras
The other two reviewers with a Toshiba PDR-3300 camera are having problems. I wonder if they took the time to visit the Toshiba website. There you can download and install a firmware upgrade to the camera that takes it from 1.02 to 1.04. This update fixes problems with the large capacity Sandisk cards. I could take 8 pictures with the included 8 meg memory card. With this 128 meg card I can take over 150 at full size. The transfer rate is incredible. I see no reason to go with a more expensive brand. Recommended for this camera after the upgrade.
43 Works with Sharp Zaurus ROM version 2.38
If you own a Sharp Zaurus, the SanDisk 128 MB card will work very well and consistently if you flash the Zaurus ROM up to version 2.38. You will have issues described in other reviews if you leave the ROM at version 2.37. I actually received a defective SD card initially, and Amazon replaced it immediately.
You can download the latest ROM software from the main Sharp Zaurus website. Get the following: ROM Version: 2.38, July 22, 2002 - Added support for new Sandisk 128M and 256M SD cards.
44 Great value for the Magellan Meridian
I bought this SanDisk Secure Data card to use with my Magellan Meridian GPS. SD cards from Magellan are outrageously over priced and they don't tell you, you can use one of these. But it works perfectly and saved me about 70% on the cost. It was a fantastic value.
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45 Excellent Memory Card
I am using this SD memory card for a Minolta Dimage X. I can't speak to the compatibility problems others have noted, but I have to tell you that this has been an excellent memory card for me. I just slipped it into my camera and it has worked flawlessly from day one. It also seems faster than other media. There is only a slight pause as the camera writes the photo to memory.
I also found this an excellent value for the price. There are 256M cards, but they are very expensive. 128M is plenty for most digital camera uses and you can get more than 2 128M cards for the prices I've seen for one 256M card.
This card is also a great demonstration of how far technology is coming. 128M of memory on a card the size of a postage stamp! I remember when it would take banks of chips to do something like that. Now I feel old, but I am very happy with this tiny little card.
Hope this is helpful and good luck with your purchase!
46 Buyer Beware
Like the reviewer from Sun City West AZ, I bought a card to use in my Toshiba PDR-3300 Digital Camera which uses Secure Digital Memory. I too was attracted to Sandisk's 128MB's low price relative to its competitors, so I ordered it. From out of the package, I loaded the card into my camera and took several pictures. The camera kept saying "no picture". After taking it out from the camera and cleaning the contacts on the card, I tried again. This time I got two pictures that were extremely blurry. I returned the card and ordered a Delkin Secure Digital Memory Card. The Delkin card has worked perfectly. What good is the low price that SanDisk offers if the card is unreliable?
47 Can only use 20 meg of storage on my Audiovox Maestro ppc
Can only store about 20 meg then it will claim that storage is full. Waiting for a replacement now.
48 I love my SanDisk 128MB Secure Digital Card!!!
I bought a Cruzer with a 128 MB card to use for file transfers. Brought some photos with me on vacation and was able to plug right into my father-in-law's PC (Windows XP OS) without any additional software or drivers. Absolutely no difficulty at all. This is also useful on laptops without floppy drives or in tranfering chunkier files like photos.
49 Great!
Really, when it comes down to it - all Flash memory is the same, the only difference really is how it's stored/accessed. I've been using Compact Flash for quite sometime, nearly 4 years now - and have just recently moved over to the SD Card range because my new Pocket PC only takes this format.
Anyway, I bought this card for the Pocket PC to store a bunch of MP3s/WMA files so that I could listen to music on my Pocket PC. The card is fast to write to (via USB it's still slow) and is extremely fast to read from - there is no skipping of the music and the quality is rather good.
This card will work anywhere, I'm in Australia - and bought THIS EXACT card.
50 Works with the Casio EX-M1 -- with a catch
I bought the SanDisk 128MB SD card for use with my new Casio EX-M1 digital camera. Popped it in and immediately ran into problems -- the camera wouldn't recognize that the card was empty after formatting.
A quick call to Casio customer support solved the problem. The camera ships with the 1.00 firmware. In order to work with SanDisk's 128MB card, the 1.01 firmware is needed. After downloading the updated firmware, the card worked immediately.
I'm now quite pleased with the card's performance. It works as advertised and the expansion from the camera's built-in 12 MB to 128 MB is quite dramatic. I can now store about 160 fine resolution pictures at full-size. What more can you ask of a memory card?
51 Error Failure
I have a Toshiba PDR-3300 Digital Camera which uses Secure Digital Memory. Because of the Sandisk 128MB's low price relative to its competitors I ordered it. On the 3rd picture I got a constant error failure on it. I returned it and ordered another one. It failed on the 10th picture. Returned it and ordered a Delkin Secure Digital Memeory Card. The Delkin has worked perfectly fine. Sandisk is selling theirs for about half the price of their competitors. Maybe there is a reason for this [low] price?
52 Does not work with Toshiba E310
I had to reset my device at least 10 times and sometimes I needed a hard reset and lose all valuable data.
53 Works great with Ipaq 3955
Super value. Works great with my Ipaq.
54 Works fine on Toshiba e310 Pocket PC
Works fine on Toshiba e310 Pocket PC. You get 120MB.
55 SCANDISK 128MB SECURE DIGITAL MEMORY CARD
I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THE PRODUCT. I AM NOW ABLE TO STORE A LARGE PART OF MY PROGRAMS, AND NT HAVE TO USE UP THE LITTLE MEMORY MY PALM HAS. I WAS ALSO PLEASE WITH THE SELLER.SELLER WAS QUICK I GETTING ME MY PRODUCT.
56 Designed for Palm Handhelds..... NOT
After visiting SanDisk's web site and checking their compatibility list I decided to buy the 128MB SD card for my Palm M505. According to SanDisk's site the card is compatible with the M505; the packaging even has the "Palm" logo on it with the words, "Designed for Palm Handhelds". Fact is that the 128Mb SD from SanDisk does NOT work in Palm devices. I sent support e-mail to both SanDisk and Palm. Palm pointed their finger at SanDisk and SanDisk never responded. I did some research on my own and found that the controller used in the 128MB SD card is not the same as other flavors of SanDisk SD cards, and is in fact NOT compatible with Palm Handhelds. Shame on SanDisk for not doing their homework and shame on Palm for letting SanDisk use their trademark without verifying that the product actually is "Designed for Palm Handhelds".
57 Warning for Zaurus users!!
The previous review specifically mentions using the Sandisk 128MB SD card with the Zaurus 5500. Apparently Sandisk changed the wait-state requirements on the new 128MB Sandisk cards, which will NOT work in the Zaurus. Email to Zaurus support confirms this, but they claim to be working on a ROM upgrade to fix the issue, rumored to be out in August 2002. Currently Zaurus tech people tell customers that Sandisk cards up to 64MB and other vendors cards up to 256MB are supported. Zauruszone.com has many tales of woe from people who, like me, took a chance on getting a working version and were disappointed.
58 Small, yet works well in Sharp Zaurus.
I bought the SanDisk 128 Mb Secure Digital Memory Card for my Sharp Zaurus SL-5500.(No drivers or preparation needed) So far it works great! You'll need one of these if want to use extra memory and a compact flash network card at the same time.
