A growing number of PCs, phones, and other gadgets can support microSDXC cards with capacities as high as 2TB. There’s just one problem: nobody actually makes 2TB microSD cards yet. But we’re getting closer. More than two years after the first 1TB cards began shipping, Micron has unveiled the first 1.5TB microSDXC card. The new […]
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PinePhone news roundup (1-24-2021)
It’s been a busy week for PinePhone hardware and software developers. If you’ve been following LinuxSmartphone on Twitter you may have noticed that developers have made progress in making several different Linux distributions more usable, while other developers have been working to bring open source firmware to the PinePhone’s modem. The PinePhone KDE Community Edition […]
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Video: Megi’s multi-boot image for the PinePhone (with 17 Linux distros)
The PinePhone is designed to make distro hopping easy. Whether you order a model that comes with Ubuntu Touch, postmarketOS, Manjaro, or KDE Neon pre-installed, the phone is designed to boot first from any properly prepared microSD card. That means you can install an alternate OS on a card, insert it, and turn on the […]
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SanDisk’s 1TB microSD card is available now (for $450)
As promised a few months ago, the first microSD cards capable of storing up to 1TB of data are here. If you’ve got $450 burning a hole in your wallet, now you can spend it on a 1TB SanDisk Extreme microSDXC card. For that price you get not only one of the highest capacity cards […]
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Say hello to the first 512GB microSDXC card
My smartphone has 64GB of storage space. My laptop has 256GB, or four times as much. But soon you’ll be able to buy a microSD card with twice as much storage as that. Integral Memory has unveiled the first microSDXC card with 512GB of storage capacity, which ain’t half bad for a device about the […]
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Hack brings adoptable storage to Samsung Galaxy S7
Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge smartphones officially go on sale today, and not only do they have speedy new processors, new cameras, and bigger batteries than their predecessors. The new phones also bring back a feature that was missing from the Galaxy S6 series: removable storage. There’s just one catch: while the Galaxy […]
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Android 6.0 can treat SD cards as internal storage… at a cost
One of the new features in Android 6.0 Marshmallow is the ability to treat microSD cards as if they were internal storage. If you have a cheap phone with 8GB of storage or less, this can let you easily double or quadruple your available storage space for just a few bucks. But if you’ve got […]
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Google Nexus 6P hits the FCC (Updated)
The Google Nexus 6P is expected to be a 5.7 inch smartphone built by Huawei. Google will most likely introduce the phone during a September 29th event. But the phone showed up at the FCC a day early. There are FCC documents relating to two phones, called the Huawei H1511 and Huawei H512. But it’s […]
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Amazon Fire tablet with SD card slot might be coming soon
Amazon has a habit of launching new tablets in the fall… and blogger Dave Zatz has a habit of spotting upcoming Amazon products at the FCC website, in spite of Amazon’s efforts to hide its FCC listings. So maybe it’s not surprising that Zatz has spotted what he thinks could be an FCC posting for […]
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SanDisk 200GB microSDXC card now available for $240
SanDisk introduced its first 200GB microSDXC card earlier this year, and now it’s available for purchase… if you’ve got $240 to spare. While that’s a lot of money to spend on a removable storage card for your phone or tablet, it’s a lot better than the suggested retail price: SanDisk had initially suggested that its […]