Removing back of Novel for MicroSD upgrade...

The Android System is not stored on that internal SD card, so the only difference you'll see is reading/writing the files on the card. Even class 2 can probably keep up with the read demands for playing video that our device can handle.

[quote name='clockworx;29816]The Android System is not stored on that internal SD card' date=' so the only difference you'll see is reading/writing the files on the card. Even class 2 can probably keep up with the read demands for playing video that our device can handle.[/QUOTE'] In essence, you are correct. The difference between a class 2 and class 6 is likely milliseconds. That being said, those milliseconds can provide a smoother experience. Faster page turns, video stuttering less and smoother transitions between large picture files in a slideshow are some of the benefits gained. It creates a better quality experience. I can mean the difference in how you perceive the quality of the product.

Only if there is no read-ahead of any kind and the card is the bottleneck. Also, "class ratings" apply only to write speed, not read speed, so all of your examples would be the same on a class 2 vs a class 6.

I posted pix of the stripped down battery module in that thread. Please remember children under the age of 12 yrs of age should be spared the visuals

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The battery in the Pandigital Novel[/url]

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It's possible that the device reads and writes data to the card under certain apps and that the card is now faster, but that seems unlikely.That said, it is most likely the 7-24 fw that is causing the change. They substantially changed things over the last two fw updates.

Yeah, the biggest being bumping the clock speed by 50%. That alone would probably do it.

After purchasing and charging my unit, the first thing I did was install the 7-18 update. I do not have the 7-24 update installed. I upgraded the memory with 7-18 already installed. So, my performance boost was not due to a firmware upgrade but rather the memory upgrade.

[quote name='lawman;30337]It's possible that the device reads and writes data to the card under certain apps and that the card is now faster' date=' but that seems unlikely.That said, it is most likely the 7-24 fw that is causing the change. They substantially changed things over the last two fw updates.[/QUOTE']Only problem is that I have been at the 7-24 level since the first day it was posted (I experimented with one regression to 7-18 to try to fix the B&N Bookstore issue, but since it didn't fix anything went right back).All comments were made here were after observing behavior of things on the PDN at the 7-24 level, but with a 2 GB Kingston microSD card inside in place of the factory noname 1 GB one. That's why I really want to find some way to objectively measure things - because this defies my understanding of the way things work. No way is microSD being used as page file space - right? - but it almost seems that somehow it is having that sort of effect by making more of the PDN's RAM available for the currently executing foreground task/application.I don't know much about Android's internals. Anyone out there have any insight into any use (other than media storage) Android might be able to make of the PDN's internal microSD storage? And again, if there are any utilities I can run to objectively measure what is going on I'll be glad to do so.