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A type of Flash memory card that is roughly one-third the size of a PC Card (PCMCIA card) and less than 1 mm thick. It is used to store data from and exchange data among PDAs, digital cameras, and other devices. SmartMedia has largely given way to the even smaller MMC MultiMedia Card standard.
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SmartMedia - Theoretically nice, terrible in practice.I received my 6110 Monday. Tuesday I tried very hard to convince myself tokeep it. I even drove with it to GN Netcom's HQ and talked in person totheir customer service people and repair department. Sadly, the unit doesnot perform well at all in my home environment, or in GN Netcom's lobby, orin my office. Its first problem is low volume when connected to a standardWECo 2500 phone. Even with all the controls cranked to their maximumsettings, the volume is marginal at best, and not usable if the person atthe other end is not very loud. GN Netcom's reply was that the unit was notdesigned to operate with standard phones, but only with "modern" electronicphones "all of which have a volume control". The claim was that the FCC(!)limits the dB level they can put into your ear, and since you can't turnthe volume up on a standard 2500 set, it's just not going to be very loud.I really liked the device, and still considered keeping it, but theother problem prevented that. There is a significant buzz on transmit,which bothers some people more than others. Some might just think it'sbackground noise, but of course it's not. This noise was present whenpaired with the base station through my 2500 phone, when the basestation was connected to an electronic phone we tried in Netcom'slobby, and is also present when using it with a D-Link BluetoothDBT-120 and both a PowerMac G3 and a Titanium G4.As much as I like the look and feel, I'll be returning it to Amazon inthe morning.John Covert
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