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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 10:43 am
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Fast microSD cards?
Looking to pick up a microSD card for an AT&T Mifi device. Are there major differences in speed on these microSD cards? Any preferred brands?

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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 12:17 pm
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Originally Posted by planemechanic
Looking to pick up a microSD card for an AT&T Mifi device. Are there major differences in speed on these microSD cards? Any preferred brands?

TIA

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And does anybody know if these can be picked up thru a points-earning shopping portal?
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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 12:53 pm
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And does anybody know if these can be picked up thru a points-earning shopping portal?
Newegg and Best Buy operate at the Amex (4 points/$) and AAdvantage portals (1 mile/$).

By the way, planemechanic--microSD card speeds are rated by class. I believe the fastest current available class is a class 10 (write speed 10MB/sec) although class 16s have been announced. I don't know the timetable for class 16s to hit the market, however.
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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 1:11 pm
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Originally Posted by lwildernorva
Newegg and Best Buy operate at the Amex (4 points/$) and AAdvantage portals (1 mile/$).
Excellent info!
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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 1:29 pm
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A class 4 MicroSD will work just fine -- in fact, for in the MiFi, I don't really think you need anything faster than a class 2. What are you planning to copy to/from the card?
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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 1:38 pm
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If you are going to use the MiFi as a shared storage device, it won't matter what speed card you use as it will be very very slow. You would be much better off setting up a dropbox or similar account on the machines to share files.
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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 7:59 pm
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Stick with Sandisk, Kingston or Transcend and you'll be fine.

(They are in order of price and perceived quality.)
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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 8:23 pm
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Thanks everyone, great information.

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Not planning to store anything intense, just wanted to know the lay of the land and what I should consider.
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