R4 SDHC Memory Card - the New Revolution in Gaming
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Nintendo DS cartridges and the newer DSi cards used in the Nintendo DS and DSi handheld consoles enable their users to broaden their portable gaming experience. Not only will the DS be able to play games it can now do other stuff as well, like playing MP3s, watch movies, even read e-books and other documents.
The R4 SDHC card was the pioneer card that is capable of storage capacities larger than 2GB. It can now accept high capacity memory cards, hence the "HC" in SDHC. Nowadays, it is usual to find large capacity memory cards in handheld devices; the claim to fame of the R4 is that it's the one that started the whole trend of high capacity memory cards. At the time of the R4 SDHC's release, 8GB micro SD cards were just emerging in the market, this triggered the huge amount of users that started to use the R4 SDHC, making it a contender in the race of the most popular DS card, placing alongside the original R4v2 and the DSTT card. The only downside to the R4 SDHC is that due to the increased storage capacity, the loading times on the card also lengthened; often taking 6 to 8 seconds to load, slower than the 2 to 3 seconds loading time in the R4v2 and the DSTT.
In June 2010, the developers of the R4 SDHC released a brand new incarnation of the card, now dubbed as the 2.10T version. This release first confused the consumers since the packaging was changed into a gold color, which is very similar to the R4's clone the R4i Gold card. The wording on the card was also changed, from R4 "Revolution" it was changed into the R4 "Renovation". This is due to the fact that the internal architecture of the card was totally revamped so the developers wanted the new one to be easily distinguishable from the old version.
In the new R4 SDHC Memory Card version the loading times were drastically reduced to an impressive 3 to 4 seconds; the card itself is now made of a stronger, lighter plastic to make the card more durable. The interface was also modified so that it can closely mimic the official R4i SDHC (the card used in the newer Nintendo DSi and DSi XL consoles). The card's functions still remained essentially the same, only the software was changed to make it compatible for the newer and faster games and applications.
This new addition to the R4 lineup of memory cards is a very welcome one. Because of the large number of newer DSi and DSi XL cards being released, support for the older, regular DS cards were stopped. For example, software updates for the EZFlash IV, R4v2, and the DSTT have ceased. This is a great reminder that the developers of the R4 SDHC Memory Card wants to capitalize in this highly profitable market, and secure their place in the minds of people who are yet to buy the new Nintendo DSi. |
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By :
Jessie Stone
Submitted
2010-12-10 21:17:14 |
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