A speedy card, much faster than the Class 2 that shipped with my Evo. Even came with an SD card adapter and a little eensy weensy USB adapter, which I did not expect.
Unfortunately, I know about the speed of the card because I have copied data onto it SEVERAL TIMES. I plugged the card into my laptop using the provided USB adapter, and copied the data off my phone (mounted as a drive). This was a slow process, since my old card is class 2. Halfway through, I stopped this copy (using Ctl-C to halt xcopy) because I needed to take my phone with me.
When I came back & reinserted the chip in its USB dongle, Windows said it was unreadable and required a format. Sigh. Strike 1. Formatted on the PC (probably a mistake) and copied all the files over from my phone overnight.
The next morning, I excitedly swap out the memory card, only to find Android can't use it, says it requires formatting, etc. Putting it back into the PC, I note it's formatted as FAT32, which may be a problem for Android. Fine, but Strike 1.5 (since it might have been my fault). Put it back in my phone, let Android format it, and copy the files back over, this time with the new card in the phone and the old card in the USB adapter. I also copy over some more music (that is why I bought it after all). Transferring new music (from the HDD instead of the older memory card) was quite speedy. Also, the first boot with the new card was like LIGHTNING, although my wife said her reboots were much faster (we both got froyo last week, and I guess I just had never rebooted). So maybe the card, maybe froyo on the boot speed, but the copy speed was very fast. I was considering re-encoding my mp3s at a lower bitrate to make copies faster, but that is NO LONGER an issue.
One other issue: when I was am using it (Sunday), I got a couple memory-related issues the first couple hours, For example, Listen complained when downloading new podcasts (gives me the same error I got when my old card was full). Let's go on up to Strike 2 on that. That's stopped happening since; I've listened to a bunch of podcasts without issue, so I don't know what was going on there, but nervous-making.
So, this is Tuesday, I haven't had any problems yesterday or today, but I'm hovering on two strikes, with my RMA papers and accessories packed up. At the first sign of continued trouble I will send it back before the end of the month. I might just send it back anyway. But if I keep having success, maybe I'll keep it. Sometimes products have issues out the gate, but settle down. But it's a no-name card, so the antennae are alert to issues. If you get this card, save yourself some heartburn by just formatting it in your phone first.
Recommendation: If you keep anything on your phone that's not backed up (on disk or in the cloud) this chip is simply a non-starter. I got this chip as a stopgap until 32GB chips are more reasonably priced, so I didn't want to spend much on it, since I'll give it to my wife when I upgrade. If you want a balance of capacity, speed and price, and can deal with a potentially flaky start, this *might* be for you. I'll update this review at the end of the month (depends on my _memory_ -- geddit?) if I keep it or send it back.
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I plugged this MicroSDHC into 2 different computers and it did not work. It is not visible in both of computers. I also inserted it in my Car DVR Vehicle Camera and camera shutted down.Not recommend.
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