PalmOne 16MB Expansion Card (m125, m130, i705 & m500 series)

• Load software, eBooks, pictures, audio files, video files or even entire databases
• Pop card into your handheld without permanently loading device
• Digital read-write flash memory
• Card capacity of 16MB is divided into a security area and a user accessible area of approximately 14.6MB
• Compatible with Palm m125, m130, i705, and m500 series handhelds

Having lived through a Palm IIIx glitch that erased all my address listings, when I bought my Palm M505 I vowed to make the Memory Backup Card one of my next purchases.

It is tiny enough to store virtually anywhere (although not in a wallet or place where it will be manhandled). It backs up my Palm, including 3rd party software, in just over 3 minutes. Operation could not be simpler. Pop the card into the SD slot, press backup and off you go.

The card has a small lock switch, which keeps you from accidently erasing the data. One thing that Palm should include is a small case for the card. I use the case for my Sandisk 32 mb card to protect the Memory Backup Card, but this should really be included, especially since the card has exposed contacts that should be kept clean.

All in all, an elegant solution to system backup and worth the price for peace of mind.

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I just bought the Palm m505 and this memory card. I assumed that it would triple my memory without a problem. I was half right. It tripled my memory, but only for applications that do not access other files. In other words, your Palm (and I assume any other device using this card) will not be able to access document files put on the card. Nor will readers on the card be able to access the normal memory. I use about 85% of the normal 8 megas on the palm and most of that is for documents and books. This card is useless for that. Right now I have installed everything that I can get to run on the card and its less then 1 MB. I have memory, but nothing that goes on it is very big and the big files wont work on it.

I gave it 2 stars because it did do what it said. If I find a way around this dilemna I will love what it can do. Bottom line, it promises more then it delivers.

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Ok, i've read the reviews. I know what they say about these expansion cards, they dont' work, blah blah blah. So I bought one.

First of all I will tell you some things. First of all, if you are going to buy an expansion card, DON"T BUY THIS ONE! I bought it a few months ago and now you can get 4 times the space, 64mb for (less). Thats worth it. But meanwhile, about the card.

Ok, You cannot put like your date book and adress book on this. Palm protects that stuff so no one can read it from you. So you have to keep that on you handheld. I've put all of my games on this palm, tetris, Ace, Pinball, bomb, boxman, rally 1000, space trader, space war, tictac toe, UFO wars, and tons of other software. I keep all of my photos from MGI Photo Suite on here and all of my videos from TealMovie. It works like a charm.

The problem is if you fill the thing up more than 50%, your looking at a 10-20 sec wait everytime you want to access anything on the card. That isn't bad considering the space on it but if you are VERY VERY impatient, forget it. I love this thing, I own a 16mb (this one), a 32 mb (SanDisk), and a 64 mb (SanDisk). Don't be worried about buying from SanDisk which sells the 64 mb card, I've talked w/palm and SanDisk manufactures teh cards for Palm anyways so yoru getting the same product w/a diff. lable.

The reason this is 3 stars is the cost. (...) Search SanDisk Secure Digital card on Amazon.com and you'll find the better buy.

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This works without a hitch! It is a cinch to install and the backup process is easy to do and reletively quick. This is a very useful device to have when you are traveling and could have a loss of power, or an inability to sync to your computer. Well worth the $!!

This card is a sham folks, save your money and get a 16MB or 32MB MMC or SD card and download BackupBuddy. They offer two versions, a free utility that installs onto the card and the palm that allows you to do manual backups and restores. Or a very cheap shareware version that does automated incremental backups, encrypts the backup files. Both versions allow you to restore from the card without having to reload the software into the palm.

I don't know why Palm choose to sell this card at such a high price... it seems like they took an MMC card and put a backup utility on it, and doubled the price.