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Choosing the "right" miniSD storage card for your MDA Vario or like device is actually quite easy nowadays.

There are basically two categories of chips: one is the "standard" and the other is the "ultra/fast/whateverelsemarketingtermisgiven".

The standard chips are usually around 40x read/write (these numbers will vary depending on action and between manufacturers) whereas the faster versions will usually be twice that.

Just remember this: 1x = 150KB/s (rate of data transfer)

So if a card is labeled 80x it means 80*150KB/s = 12,000KB/s = 12 MB/s

But should we really care all that much about specs? In today's pricing environment we say YES! Here's why...

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It finally arrived. Paid $39.99 plus $4.99 S&H from a place called "bargain-collections" on eBay. Fast shipping, it arrived in perfect shape. Apparently the packaging is not of the blister pack type - so you could open it, test it, return it and no one would be the wiser - except for that chunk of ear wax attached to the earpiece. Please! DO NOT return items like this after you've put them in your ear.

On to the review...

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Going, going, gone! are the days of dorky looking mobile users with stuff protruding from their heads.

Let's talk about the Nextlink.to's line of bluetooth headsets.

The new 5G and even the AX2 are small - just over the size of a US quarter.

http://www.pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=reviews&id=643

The deal is this: at $250 as of 5/12/06 here in the states, it's fairly expensive. So the much-less expensive solution is the AX2 also from NextLink.

Just ordered one via eBay. Priced at $39.99 with $5.99 USPS priority mail shipping, it's one of the best deals out there for this device. A review will follow.