Comments on: MobileTechRoundup 53 http://mobiletechroundup.com/2006/07/01/mobiletechroundup-53/ If it’s tech and it moves...it's Mobile Tech! Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:45:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: David Keppler http://mobiletechroundup.com/2006/07/01/mobiletechroundup-53/comment-page-1/#comment-613 David Keppler Wed, 05 Jul 2006 10:13:40 +0000 http://www.mobiletechroundup.com/?p=84#comment-613 Hi guys, Great show as usual. On the subject of using Flash memory as a hard drive, I thought the was a limit to the number of write opperations you could do to flash memory? I can understand this not being a problem on memory cards, (I think the limit is pretty high) but on a memory disk used for an modern OS I would be worried that this could become a problem. Imagine how many time something like the swap file would be writen to! I have been using a very old Compaq Aero laptop for ages that I fitted with a 256mb CF card and CF to IDE converter insted of its Hard drive, it runs the Old DOS based Psion emulator, so I have Word Processing, Spreadsheets, DataBases and Calendar on a device that has a real size keyboard and screen, but with a battery life of over 8 hours. I like to think it's the kind of device Psion would have ended up making if they had stayed in the market. Cheers David Hi guys,

Great show as usual. On the subject of using Flash memory as a hard drive, I thought the was a limit to the number of write opperations you could do to flash memory? I can understand this not being a problem on memory cards, (I think the limit is pretty high) but on a memory disk used for an modern OS I would be worried that this could become a problem. Imagine how many time something like the swap file would be writen to!

I have been using a very old Compaq Aero laptop for ages that I fitted with a 256mb CF card and CF to IDE converter insted of its Hard drive, it runs the Old DOS based Psion emulator, so I have Word Processing, Spreadsheets, DataBases and Calendar on a device that has a real size keyboard and screen, but with a battery life of over 8 hours. I like to think it’s the kind of device Psion would have ended up making if they had stayed in the market.

Cheers

David

]]> By: Mobility Site http://mobiletechroundup.com/2006/07/01/mobiletechroundup-53/comment-page-1/#comment-614 Mobility Site Sun, 02 Jul 2006 23:31:21 +0000 http://www.mobiletechroundup.com/?p=84#comment-614 <strong>MobileTechRoundup Podcast #53</strong> This is a terrific podcast to listen to. This weeks "cast" is 31:45 minutes long and is a 29.1 MB file in MP3 format. HOSTS: James Kendrick and Kevin C. Tofel always have great things to say, and this one... MobileTechRoundup Podcast #53

This is a terrific podcast to listen to. This weeks "cast" is 31:45 minutes long and is a 29.1 MB file in MP3 format. HOSTS: James Kendrick and Kevin C. Tofel always have great things to say, and this one…

]]> By: Scott Royall http://mobiletechroundup.com/2006/07/01/mobiletechroundup-53/comment-page-1/#comment-615 Scott Royall Sat, 01 Jul 2006 23:53:52 +0000 http://www.mobiletechroundup.com/?p=84#comment-615 Actually, small hard-drives produce very little heat. I un Chris Diefer's I8kFan utility on my XPS Gen2. Among its many other features, I8kFan allows me to read all of the thermistors in a Dell laptop. Guess what's always the coolest sub-system in mine. Yep, the HD. Actually, small hard-drives produce very little heat. I un Chris Diefer’s I8kFan utility on my XPS Gen2. Among its many other features, I8kFan allows me to read all of the thermistors in a Dell laptop. Guess what’s always the coolest sub-system in mine. Yep, the HD.

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