Customer Reviews

Kingston 8 GB microSDHC Class 4 Flash Memory Card SDC4/8GB

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I didn't see any reviews for this product, so I wanted to let you know that the 8GB (7.4GB usable) works on my BlackBerry 8310.

Interestingly, although the BB showed 8GB with the new card, I only saw 4GB (3.2 or 3.4GB usable) when I first connected to my laptop and the computer asked to format the card when I enabled Mass Storage Mode (I used this mode to drag and drop into the BB). I could only see 4GB on my work computer as well.

However, after standalone reformatting the card (to FAT32) on my friends Compaq both of my computers (and phone) now properly see it as an 8GB card. My computer and phone information is below.

laptop: Win XP Pro w/ 4.2.2.12 BB Desktop Manager
work computer: BB desktop manager 4.6.0.12 with win2k pro
phone: curve 8310 with firmware: v4.2.2.170 and AT&T as provider

I'm looking forward to using the expanded storage!

I bought the Kingston 4gb micro SDHC card for my Blackberry 8830. At the current time, my particular Blackberry cannot accommodate a card larger than 4 gb, due to OS software that is not yet up to speed. The Kingston card is every bit as good as the more popular brands, with the exception of having a lower price. Be aware that using the included SD adapter is great...HOWEVER, if your laptop or desktop SD reader is not rated to read HC (high capacity) cards, then you may not be able to view the contents of the card or make changes using your computer(s). This happened to me, so I purchased a $10 USB SDHC card reader, and now I can use these higher-capacity cards in both my older laptop and desktop SD drives. Of course you can transfer data via a direct connection with your cell phone, for example, but it usually takes longer to do it that way.

I received this card, order fulfilled by Amazon, it worked once and then stopped. So I called Kingston, after reading them the number printed on the card Kingston informed me that it was fake.

I contacted Amazon and they told me that they would give me a refund. I told them that this is not enough, because other people are receiving counterfeit merchandise.

Raj, my customer service rep tells me he'll report it and they'll stop selling it. After he told me he'd send me another one...What another fake one?

So if you order this and it doesn't work, call Kingston. And if it's fake, call raj.

Yes folks, unless you are absolutely sure about the vendor's reputation, I would say that most of the flash memory cards sold on line are fakes. This really is a huge problem since most of the buyers are unaware of this. So, what exactly is a fake? These are usually inferior graded flash memory that has been used to "upgrade" to an apparent higher capacity card with a name brand manufacturer's sticker on it. This type of counterfeiting is no different than selling bogus Rolex watches at greatly discounted prices. But the bigger and more insidious problem with bogus flash cards is that the customer is not aware of it, unlike the phony Rolex's where the buyer usually knows that they are knockoffs. The card may fail right away, or as more typically happens, they will work for a while and then fail...leaving the owner not a clue as to what went wrong. I purchased a Kingston flash card before our trip to Asia. Everything was going fine until we had snapped just over 100 photos. We were in Shanghai, right after our run through of Japan. The camera would not snap any more pictures indicating that there was a problem (I don't remember the actual message). In addition, we couldn't view any of the photos we had already taken. We thought at that moment that disaster had struck and we had lost all of our precious photos. A savvier member of our traveling group suggested that I might bring the card to photo/electronics shop, as they might still be able to retrieve the photos from the defective card. So here I am running around Shanghai trying to find the proper place to have surgery done on our flash memory card. We finally found a place, but it wasn't cheap. We paid $145 to retrieve the photos, and except for a few, we were able to salvage most. Considering what we spent for the trip overall, it was worth it. But it was also an expensive lesson. Before entrusting your photos to a flash memory card, make sure that you have purchased it from a reputable dealer. And regardless of where you might have purchased it, test the card before using it. There a number of software applications you can run from your pc to do this. I now use "h2testw" to test my flash cards after purchase and before using. It's a free download, just google to find it. You can also get more info on this problem by googleing "fake flash memory cards". I'm posting this on Amazon, because of a previous poster reviewing and reporting his discovery of the fake card he received from this vendor. This vendor is still here, and apparently still selling this memory card even after the buyer reported it to Amazon. So, let the buyer beware, and do his due diligence when buying these items.

This is a great SD Micro card. I'm using it as a memory card for my cell phone MP3 player. For those that are wondering, it does work with the LG Voyager.

This card did not work at all. None of my devices recognized the card. Amazon provided excellent Customer Service by sending another card to me; however, the second one didn't work either. I ended up returning both and purchasing a Sandisk card and it works great.

The product had the best price around. After I received the item, I suddenly got worried that it was counterfeit and began learning about how many memory cards sold online are fakes. I had to wonder why the price was so low. I even read a few reviews here saying the product was verified to be fake, and maybe someone did get a fake one, but however, I received my product and went to the Kingston verification website [...] ... I punched in my numbers only to find that I had the real deal, not a fake. Apparently there are lots of fakes out there and they die early and have crappy transfer speeds. Thanks for the good price on the real thing. Everyone out there be sure to verify you have real cards, the fakes wont be supported by a warranty!

I bought the 8 GB Kingston Micro SDHC card to expand memory - specifically for mp3 format songs - in my Blackberry Curve (I previously had a 2 GB card). I installed the latest Blackberry Operating System from RIM first, because I had a first-generation Curve, and had read reviews that said the old OS didn't support the bigger cards. I have had no problems at all with installation or the use of the card. Useable space was 7.4 GB at installation; I did not have to do any kind of formatting or other modificaton to use the card. It has been nice to expand the selection of music stored on my Blackberry from about 500 songs to over 800, with lots more room. This card did exactly what I bought it for, without any glitches at all.

I ordered this 8gb Kingston micro sd for my LG Dare. It works perfectly for storing my music and pics.

Great customer service & Free tech support at Kingston where you actually speak to a live person and it comes with a lifetime warranty which will likely keep me buying Kingston memory.

This memory card is being used as added memory in a Garmin Oregon 400t GPS receiver. Works perfectly and shows up as an external drive when connected via the Oregon's USB cable.

A minor issue people should realize, not with the memory card itself, is that above 2GB is considered high-capacity and only directly read by newer Vista computers and not other computers or scanner/copiers with card slots. Kingston told me a person either needs to transfer data from memory larger than 2GB while it is installed in the device or get a USB high capacity memory card reader.