That’s a rhetorical question, since I’ve already filled it up. With flash storage prices so low, I got myself a Sandisk 4 GB microSDHC (class 4, if you must know) for my Palm Centro last week. Initially I had wanted to download the whole Tomeraider’s version of Wikipedia onto it but at 3GB++ for the complete version, I decided it wasn’t worth it. There wouldn’t be any room for anything else. Maybe when the 8 or 16 GB cards are more affordable, I’ll reconsider.

So here’s what I did instead

Even though PocketTunes Deluxe, the audio player software bundled with the Centro, has native syncing with Windows Media Player, I chose to go the long way so that I can sync with iTunes. This is because I find iTunes much easier to use, not to mention I rely on its smart playlists to compile my select which songs get synced. The smart playlist is like a query tool for songs, yes, it’s pretty neat. I use it to select songs that meets the following criteria for syncing

  • a limit of 600 songs
  • is rated 3 stars and above
  • is frequently played
  • hasn’t been played for the last 15 days (so I don’t forget about the older songs, happens when you have 13+ GB of audio)
  • hasn’t been skipped more than 5 times (just to be certain I don’t sync songs I dislike)

By relying on smart playlists, I’ll almost guarantee only songs I like or songs I’ve not played for quite a while get’s synced to my Centro. Now if only there’s a way to rate songs on it.