Monday, August 30, 2010

The R4i SDHC Card

By Mary Solinna

Nintendo DS and DSi cards are cartridges that used to enhance a user's experience while playing on their Nintendo handheld console. They allow consumers to convert their DS and DSi consoles into MP3 players, movie players or even into a PDF and office document reader. They can also play games as they did before.

The R4i SDHC card was the first card under the R4 brand name to be produced for the Nintendo DSi. Cards were previously compatible with the Nintendo DS and DS Lite consoles while they can not work with the newer DSi owing to new hardware incompatibilities. But the R4i SDHC overcomes this difficulty.

Micro-SDHC cards are supported by the R4i SDHC card up to a maximum size of 32GB. With each gigabyte of data allows eight games approximately. Most customers use 4GB or 8GB cards to balance price against memory capacity.

The R4i SDHC uses a spring less Micro-SD card slot to minimize mechanical parts on the card. This means that more cards will not come across the terrible spring slot problem that previously plagued cards such as the R4v2 (which was forced to change its design) and the DSTT (which also adopted the spring less design later).As the iEDGE DS card, the R4i SDHC has a protective plastic covering over its connector strips, lessening the ability of dust to gather on the sensitive connector strips of the card. Dimensional control is good on the R4i SDHC, with 98% of cards tested by NDS-Gear conforming to within 0.1mm.

Firmware upgrades for the R4i SDHC remain a mystery now, with the team giving away few details about whether the card would be compatible with a further Nintendo firmware upgrade latterly. It is possible that the internal firmware of the R4i SDHC is not upgradable, with frequent software updates allowing for compatibility with the latest applications and games. The latest R4i SDHC software is quite stable. However, the team has updated the software frequently over the last year. It is also one of the cheapest Nintendo DSi compatible cards in the market.

In a word, the original DSi compatible card is stable, cheap and ideal for first time DS / DSi card buyers. The internal firmware of the card may not be upgradable. The R4i SDHC card is a sturdy and reliable card, ideal for the first time user of a Nintendo DSi card. It is also compatible with all older Nintendo handheld consoles (the DS, DS Lite and DSi as well as the DSi XL).

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