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Hello please someone tell menthe use of sd card on the tablet and also If I can use the as card slot for expansion. Thank

ajaassan — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:02:03 GMT

Hello please someone tell menthe use of sd card on the tablet and also If I can use the as card slot for expansion. Thank

Blencogo — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:57:14 GMT

We will probably have to wait until someone with the new Tablet S can tell us.

It is my understanding that the SD Card slot is for Media Exchange (File Transfer) only - not for expanding internal memory.

Hello please someone tell menthe use of sd card on the tablet and also If I can use the as card slot for expansion. Thank

Watashiwateshdes — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 09:10:41 GMT

From what it says in the picture posted, it is only for the use of transfer data and not as an expansion for memory.

I personally think that is normal practice bucause in all honesty, it is pretty hard to fill memory on a 16 or 32GB device. I don't know many tablet manufacturers who give you use of expandable memory.

Hello please someone tell menthe use of sd card on the tablet and also If I can use the as card slot for expansion. Thank

hip_hop_rob — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:09:12 GMT

Blencoco has it in one. It is for file transfer only. You can't read directly from the card and thereby increase internal memory.

It simply allows portable storage without permanently hogging internal space, if that is what you want.

Personally keeping internal memory free will probably keep the tablet at max speed but that is just personal theory not based on scientific assessment. unless someone else can corroborate my theory?

Hello please someone tell menthe use of sd card on the tablet and also If I can use the as card slot for expansion. Thank

Langaleer — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:25:59 GMT

You can play videos etc off the sd card. PCWorld were setting theirs up and I had a play with videos running directly from their sd card as this was something I wanted to know too!

Hello please someone tell menthe use of sd card on the tablet and also If I can use the as card slot for expansion. Thank

chongsta.uk — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:38:00 GMT

I've been trying to figure out if this was possible so I'd love to know how they were running from the sd card? I havent managed to make the tablet do it yet!

Hello please someone tell menthe use of sd card on the tablet and also If I can use the as card slot for expansion. Thank

Langaleer — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:34:10 GMT

You need a file manager. It can also be done in the transfer app, but instead of transferring it, hold down on the file and select open file and it will open it directly from the SD card.

Hello please someone tell menthe use of sd card on the tablet and also If I can use the as card slot for expansion. Thank

breedBenR — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:26:13 GMT

The external SDcard CAN be used as external memory for files (video, pdf, ebook, photo, jpg etc.)

(as such it is expanded memory). The native apps that come with the tablet do not make it very easy, but with downloaded apps you can use the external memory this way.

When you are browsing for content, using a file manager app that you installed from the market:

\mnt\sdcard = the internal sdcard

\mnt\sdcard2 = the external sdcard

The current version of the native apps (e.g. Gallery) can 'open' and 'view' individual files on the card (e.g. a JPG using the Gallery). For playing a single video (of the right codec) this works fine (and you can download alternative videoplayer apps to play files of other format, e.g. if your camera records .MOV). The photo viewer cannot yet flic through the content of a directory on the sdcard2 [ at least I could not ], which is not very handy. If you download a 3rd party photo viewer, that allows to browse mounted cards, you probably can - or perhaps there is a way to expand the gallery with the extra sdcard [ have not found out how ].

The external SDcard CANNOT (easily) be used as external memory for Apps.

-- By default, Android installs a new downloaded app in your 'system memory'.

-- many new apps (not all) you can 'Move to SDcard' as a next step, this is the internal 'SDcard' space .

If you bought a '16GB' memory Tablet, this gives ca. 8.92 GB of internal 'SDcard' space

If you bought a '32GB' memory Tablet, this gives ca. 24.92 GB of internal 'SDcard' space

That space is available for downloaded apps, files, cache etc. The rest is for the operating system itself (System Memory, some native apps sit here).

It makes a lot of sense to store e.g. photos and videos on an external SDcard if you just want to view/play them once or twice, and only copy those that you want to have with you all the time to the internal memory.

You will need a file manager app for that, or SONY might update their apps to make that kind of use easier.

There are many ways to use the tablet, I think SONY deliberatly gives only very simple ways of use, so that customers new to tablets are not scared away - at the same time, the tablet, via the android system, allows a lot more ways of use. Some of those may become so mainstream, that SONY could start to make it possible in their native apps too, others will not. But the basic point is: you CAN use the external 'sdcard2' to play content etc. you do not NEED to copy that content perse.

Hello please someone tell menthe use of sd card on the tablet and also If I can use the as card slot for expansion. Thank

oseven — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:41:45 GMT

I originally bought a Samsung 10.1 Tablet from Currys that packed up after 3 weeks. I took it back and the assistant suggested the Sony Tab as a better machine and took me over to view one on display. The Sony rep joined us and convinced me the Sony was much better. as it would be able to " throw pics to my Playstation ( which it can't ) and that I could insert an sd card and use it as if it were an internal card to show photos using the Gallery app ( it cannot do this either) You can only view one photo at a time which, with 32 gb of photos on the card, would take all day.

I went back to Currys today to get an explanation but none was forthcoming. Apparently Android 3 is to blame as Android 2 does let you show pics. on an inserted card as a slideshow.

I have decide to keep the Sony but am very disapointed that, having spoken to a Sony rep. I was misled.

Come on Sony release an app. that can do what was promised.

Hello please someone tell menthe use of sd card on the tablet and also If I can use the as card slot for expansion. Thank

oseven — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:18:44 GMT

have just found the following quote online I

" Some bonehead at Sony decided to ignore Android Honeycomb 3.2 's solid support for mounting sd cards along with the internal storage, and that means songs, video and photos won't appear in the gallery or music player. You can open/view them one by one, but that's tedious for music libraries and photo collections."

( From Mobile TechReview News website )

So what I wrote in my previous post regarding vist to Currys and it being Android 3 at fault is total rubbish.

If Sony Have removed this facility from Android where is the logic.

Answers please Sony.

Hello please someone tell menthe use of sd card on the tablet and also If I can use the as card slot for expansion. Thank

breedBenR — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:54:17 GMT

they can fix it through the market with an app update and i think they will within short time.

mean while, just use another app (quickpic works fine for this, see me post in the favorite apps thread)

Hello please someone tell menthe use of sd card on the tablet and also If I can use the as card slot for expansion. Thank

oseven — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:01:18 GMT

Many thanks breedBenR. Qickpic works perfectly.

Why on earth did Sony exclude such a wonderful feature in the first place ?

Perhaps you could now solve the problem of " throwing to a Playstation ". Another great idea that doesn't work.

Again many, many thanks.

Hello please someone tell menthe use of sd card on the tablet and also If I can use the as card slot for expansion. Thank

breedBenR — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:56:59 GMT

use twonky dlna server... from the market... 15 day trial.

only thing you cannot throw is the new hd codec videos that the tablet's camera and that sony entertainment uses. mp3 and different codec vid can

Hello please someone tell menthe use of sd card on the tablet and also If I can use the as card slot for expansion. Thank

ukgreg — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:47:06 GMT

Hi,

as has been mentioned earlier... you can play files from an SD card. There are suggestions of using File Managers, but I found the most simple method is to use the "File Transfer" app that comes as standard. This is supposed to be used for selecting files on the SD card that you want transfering to the tablet - however - I found out by accident that I can play the files by simply clicking on them. It then asks you do you want to delete, open or hit cancel.

If you hit Open - it asks you which app you want to use. (I have found that the Video apps dont all work equally well - bit of trial and error regarding file types that play.)

I also found with photos that if I use the right App (cant remember which and I dont have my tablet with me at the moment)....

you can scroll through all of your photos in that folder.

This also works with music, but I havent been able to choose more than one song at a time YET...

As a result, I have loaded up 3 x 4gb SD cards ready for my holiday. I think it will work well

On a related topic, I bought a Micro SD to USB lead and a Female to Female adaptor - thus creating a gadget that I can plug USB sticks into. THIS DOESNT WORK for me.??? I tried it with an 8gb pen drive and wondered if the need for power was an issue, so I plugged in a simple USB card reader and a card. This didnt work either

I phoned sony - they dont have the Sony gadget in stock yet and they dont have much info "Its really new we dont have much info yet" but I am REALLY struggling to find any info on the internet regarding the use of the USB socket.

If anybody has any Info - I'd appreciate it.

Hello please someone tell menthe use of sd card on the tablet and also If I can use the as card slot for expansion. Thank

ajaassan — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:05:35 GMT

Use quickpic for photos from sd card and also USB stick works like sd card you can move files to and from I use mx player for videos and quick pics for photos Hope thi helps