What specific use doesa micro SD card supply for a NOOK ST?

[TogetherForGood]

I am wondering if I should buy myself a micro SC card.

 I've found that our boys need cards for their NOOK Tabletsin order to run some of the apps.

 In order to download a lot of books is it going to be necessary for me to have a micro SDcard

 in my NOOK ST?

 I am not planning on putting my ownfiles onto my NOKO ST.

[RHWright]

Downloads do not overflow to the SD card when onboard memory is full. At that point, you need to archive or sideload the content, even that purchased from B&N.

Since this runs to several 100 books at a time, it should not be a problem for most people.

If you are absolutely opposed to managing things through sideloading, then the SD card does nothing for you.

[TogetherForGood]

Since the unit doesn't have 3G capability, which I miss, that means I have to have loaded the books I may want access to if wifi connectivity is going to be dodgy, correct?

[MacMcK1957]

The base NST has room for 750 MB of B&N downloaded content and 240 MB of content that is "sideloaded" (copied from a PC using the USB cable).  This can mean roughly 400-800 downloaded books and 100-200 sideloaded.  (Book sizes vary a lot, anywhere from 200 KB to 2 MB depending on length and whether or not there are illustrations.  Standards change.  A recent Stephen King can be ten times the size of a classic Agatha Christie.  You can fit a lot of classics in the same space as a few more recent novels.)

The Micro SD card is only needed if you fill up the 240 MB with sideloaded content and need more space.

[TogetherForGood]

I miss 3G. This means that if wifi connectivity will be dodgy wherever I am I must load books I want to read prior to travel, correct?

[Ya_Ya]

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TogetherForGood wrote:

I miss 3G. This means that if wifi connectivity will be dodgy wherever I am I must load books I want to read prior to travel, correct?

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Yes.  If you don't have Wifi, you can't use Wifi to get books to your NOOK.

You will either need to have them pre-loaded before your trips or bring along a PC so you can sideload.

[MacMcK1957 · Accepted solution]

Yeah, but even if you're going on a really long vacation you should be able to download dozens of books for your trip into the main memory.