Windows Phones Break Users Memory Cards

From DailyTech: There was much speculation over whether Microsoft would support memory cards in its Windows Phone 7 lineup, following comments by its project leaders indicating that it might not. Well the phones finally hit the market last week and some models did have memory card support. But perhaps it would have been better if they didn't.

Windows Phone 7 users are facing a pair of baffling issues surrounding the phone's memory card support.

First up, AT&T has warned users that they should only use only "Certified for Windows Phone 7" microSD cards with their Windows Phones. The only problem? No such cards currently are available.

According to supporting Microsoft documents, certification is more than "a simple matter of judging its speed class" and includes "[s]everal other factors, such as the number of random read/write operations per second, play a role in determining how well an SD card performs with Windows Phone 7 devices."

The second issue, and more critical issue is that Windows Phones essentially "break" users' memory cards making permanent changes to them that prevent them from being used with other devices. Windows Phone handset manufacturer Samsung warns that once you insert your memory card into the phone, "it will no longer be readable or writable on any other devices such as computers, cameras, printers, and so on."

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