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I can't believe I'm saying this, but . . . 8mb is not enough. (Just like 1/2 mb wasn't enough, and then 1mb, and then 2mb, and then 4mb . . . ) Could we get a summary of the options for non-technical (ie, I'm not cracking open my case!) folks like me?

The big memory hogs on my Prism are AvantGo and SplashPhoto - about 3mb of each. And I could use a lot more for SplashPhoto! I suppose with sufficient extra memory I would be likely to carry a lot more doc files too. Here are the issues as I see them, in order of importance (to me, anyway!):

1) Price

2) Ease of use. Three subissues that I'm aware of:

a) File transfer. I hear that the process of transferring files from storage to the unit's RAM is essentially invisible to the user on the TRG/HandEra and the m500 series. That sounds good to me - is there a way to make that happen on a Prism?

b) Hotsyncing. I have also heard that some memory expansion devices don't hotsync well. I would obviously like to keep my huge AvantGo and Splashphoto databases on the expansion device, but I need to be able to sync them somehow. I vaguely remember someone saying this was a problem for AvantGo.

c) Need for empty RAM on unit. How much empty RAM do I need to leave on my Prism? For example, when I access a Splashphoto image or an AvantGo webpage from the expansion memory, is it just that image/page that needs to be copied into RAM, or does the entire Splashphoto/AvantGo database need to get copied into RAM?

3) Impact on battery life. Does having/using extra memory cut down on my battery life?

4) Speed. Does the unit slow down appreciably when it accesses expansion memory?

Thanks for the advice. I realize that at least some of this has been written up in various threads here, but a good summary would probably help all of us.

Hey, no offense, but this topic has just been covered too thoroughly to go it again once more here. Extra mem. seems to be a concern of every Visor user.
I think Dave Kessler of Kopsis (search for his recent posts) just recently did an excellent summary in one of the threads.

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