After the sucessful arrival of the Nintendo DS & DSLite, Nintendo have followed suit with the Nintendo DSi and the R4 cards soon followed aptly named the R4i Card.

Following exactly the same possibilities as the R4 cards, the R4i enable you to download photo’s, music, use homebrew applications and games and backup/transfer all your current collection of games onto the MicroSDHC memory card that slots into the R4i card, which is great if you are going away on holiday as it means you dont need to take all the seperate cartridges with you, you simply transfer them onto the MicroSDHC card via the R4i card. Its simple using the USB Card Reader/Writer supplied with the R4i card package.

Specification of the R4i card is as follows:

The NEW R4i card is the latest advance in flash cartridge technology for the Nintendo DSi.

The R4i Card enables your DSi to accept a micro SD memory card – which in turn means on your DS you can now watch movies, play music, browse pictures, download pictures from your hard drive, read e-books and so much more! It is the complete solution with no need to purchase any additional components or any messy software and truly the easiest media enhancer you could ever imagine owning for your DSi console.

Key Features:

- Drag and drop files to the micro SDHC card and play
- Supports HC (high capacity) memory cards up to 32GB
- Supports Wi-Fi, DS rumble pack and DS browser
- Same size as an original DS / DSi game cartridge
- Supports different speeds of micro SD cards
- Standard FAT system support
- Homebrew support , IO lib available on launch
- No battery needed, back up the save file(s) directly into the micro SDHC card directory
- Upgradable Firmware (OS / Bios / Kernel)
- Boot clean dump images (downloadable from internet)
- Built-in PassMe (NO need for any boot cartridge / passcard etc.)
- Uses micro SD/SDHC memory card (TransFlash) as storage
- Supports robust skinning
- Supports touch screen
- Lower power consumption
- Plugs and plays in SLOT-1 without any passcard and supports all version of DS/DSLite

Package Contents:

- 1x R4i Card
- 1x USB micro SDHC memory card reader/writer

The R4i card with or without a microsd/microsdhc card, is now available to buy online.

You will find the specification of this card as follows;

- III (3rd) Generation Upgrade R4 Card
- No additonal software required
- Drag and drop files to the microSD card and play
- Supports HC (high capacity) memory cards up to 32GB
- Supports Wi-Fi, DS rumble pack and DS browser
- Same size as an original DS game cartridge
- Supports different speeds of microSD cards
- Standard FAT system support
- Homebrew support , IO lib available on launch
- No battery needed, back up the save file(s) directly into the micro SD card directory
- Upgradable Firmware (OS / Bios / Kernel)
- Boot clean dump images (downloadable from internet)
- Built-in PassMe (NO need for any boot cartridge/ passcard etc.)
- Uses microSD memory card (TransFlash) as storage
- Supports robust skinning
- Supports touch screen
- Supports Nintendo DS sleep mode
- Lower power consumption
- Plugs and plays in SLOT-1 without any passcard and supports all version of DS/DSLite

Package Contents:

- 1x R4 Card (Slot-1), 3rd generation for DS and DS Lite
- 1x R4 Hard Case
- 1x USB micro SD memory card reader/writer

The R4 card with or without a microsd/microsdhc card, is now available to buy online.

By simply inserting a microsd or microsdhc memory card into the R4 cartridge you open up a whole new world of things you can do with this ever popular gaming device. The R4’s being SDHC compatible will accept from a 2GB microsd card to a 32GB microsdhc memory card.

You can also back up your current collection of games onto one small microsdhc memory card meaning you dont have to take all your games with you for convenience.

The R4 card with or without a microsd/microsdhc card, is now available to buy online.

The Transcend Class 6 MicroSDHC cards seem to be the most popular even though theyre slightly more pricier than the Class 2 offerings.

The Transcend MicroSDHC memory cards are now available to buy online.

Transcend Part Numbers;
TS4GUSDHC6 (with SD adapter)
TS8GUSDHC6 (with SD adapter)
TS16GUSDHC6 (with SD adapter)

Inov8 have introduced their own range of SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) memory cards to the market in the form of Class 6 speed rating, which guarantee a minimum of  6MB/s sustained write speed. Perfect for quick continuous shooting on your compact digital camera or your professional SLR!

Inov8 use Samsung NAND flash chips for their Class 6 memory cards meaning guaranteed long lasting performance.

The Inov8 Class 6 SDHC memory cards are now available to buy online.

Inov8 have introduced these little funky USB memory sticks in several different colours ranging from 2GB to 16GB. They also come neatly packaged with the colour of the USB memory stick reflective in the packaging colours, ”very trick”.

Theyre also capless with a swivel cam mechanism meaning that you wont be losing your top in a hurry as there isnt one! Quite a common problem amongst users of USB memory sticks.

These Inov8 USB memory sticks are both USB 1.0/1.1 and USB 2.0 compatible. Simply insert them into your USB port and you will be up and running straight away. ”Plug and Play” as its most commonly referred to.

There should be no issues regards compatibility as these are all MAC and Windows comaptible, and will work perfectly in the most up to date OS’s, including Windows7.

The full range of Inov8 USB Memory Sticks are now available to buy online.

Transcend claim transfer speeds of up to 92MB/s read and 87MB/s write speeds with this range of memory card. Using the latest MLC (multi level cell) NAND flash these cards are sure to perform reliably and flawlessly. These cards also come equipped as standard to  support UDMA / Ultra DMA mode 0-6.

The Transcend 32GB 600x CF compact flash memory card is now available to buy online.

Transcend Part Number; TS32GCF600

Pretec have been making CF compact flash memory cards for many years. Pretec are a favourite with serious and professional photographers even though theyre often very pricey, due to their reliability and their lightening transfer speeds. At time of writing pretec’s fastest CF card available is marked up at 567x which is the equivalent to a blistering read/write speed up to 85MB per second!

With metal housings the pretec range of CF compact flash memory cards provide the ultimate in ruggedness against the elements, wear and tear, and external impacts.

The Pretec range of memory cards also support UDMA / Ultra DMA mode 0-6.

Most Pretec cards are issued with a minimum of a 1 year warranty against manufacturing defects.

The full range of Pretec CF compact flash cards are now available to buy online.

It must be said that with the more well known and established brands on the market such as Sandisk and Pretec, Fuji are sure to have their work cut out trying to convince SLR’s users to switch over to their brand.

Fuji offer three read and write speeds arriving in the form of 40x, 100x and 310x giving read and write speeds of 6MB/s, 15MB/s and 45MB/s respectively.

The full range of Fuji Compact Flash CF memory cards are now available to buy online.

Kingston have released the first Class 10 MicroSDHC memory card in 16GB form onto the market, which makes it the fastest MicroSDHC card available on the market at release. Its about time Kingston upped their 16GB range of microSDHC as they offered a pretty standard Class 2 rated card prior to this release. Transcend were the market leaders on the 16GB MicroSDHC front with a Class 6 speed rated card. We suspect Transcend will soon follow suit. No doubt Blackberry and HTC phone users will be snapping this card up at a pace. Or even users who use their mobiles as an on the go MP3 player. The 16GB card offers plenty of room to store 1000’s of song tracks and being class10 speed rated will transfer files very quickly indeed.

The Kingston 16GB Class10 MicroSDHC memory card is now available to buy online.

Kingston Part Number; SDC10/16GB