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[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] CraigAmey:
I'm normally an avid bleeding edge kind of guy but I have to admit I wouldn't touch this one with a ten foot pole. You could write a book on the red flags being sent up here.

1. How does a one man company with nothing but a PO box for an address outdo Sandisk, Lexar and Kingston at their own game.

2. Why does an MP3 player need 256GB, I mean that's 25600 songs, seriously who has that kind of music collection.

3. There are no pictures of the device or videos of it in action.

4. No announcements, odd since this would be big news if Sandisk or Kingston did it.

Looking at Jonathan Dodge's profile he's a marketing/executive/consultant type, not an electronics engineer. Having been a chip designer I can tell you that the cost involved in design and manufacture of a leading edge chip like this is tens of millions and you'd have to do a bit better than a web site and a bit of viral marketing to sell enough to make your money back. If he's just using someone else's chips, then how did he get exclusive rights to it and no-one else did. I mean if Samsung gave him these chips and I was a systems integrator at Sandisk making SD cards I'd be on the phone pronto to Samsung giving them an earful of WTF!

As we say in Oz, this whole thing sounds a bit dodgy to me :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] Tolek81:
no offense but for me looks like scam: (i hope i'm wrog)

the guy appears from nowhere and everywhere where is discussion about sd cards he is posting:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-3/320540-128gb-sd-card.html#post3226946

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1545525&p=31

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/myego360.com

http://whois.domaintools.com/myego-360.com

http://businessprofiles.com/details/one-dodge-family-pty-ltd/AU-59107561982

http://www.dynamicbusiness.com.au/extracts/asic/organisation/107561982/ONE-DODGE-FAMILY-PTY-LTD
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] klau1:
Weird thing is, given how verbose people are on forums ESPECIALLY WHEN you are SCAMMED.... yet no sign of complaints.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] kms108:
it seems like he has come and gone from all the forums, hopefully he can show actual prove.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] klau1:
He seems to be very much on the ball when it comes to forum posts.

He found this thread on the same day it was created.

He must run google searches for his name or related posts everyday.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] @rbiter:
Your thoughts could go either way for a scammer or entrepreneur trying to hustle.

Sent from my SM-9005.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] klau1:
Though you'd think an ambitious entrepreneur would have at least posted a video by now.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] zoso28:
It would be quite a deal if it wasn't completely impossible at this point
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] smeddy:
PM'd you JDodge
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] DaffyOnLSD:
'Jonathon' 'Dodge' proper scam name to go with a scam product. Love you jammy dodger. I so hope this is a scam
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] kms108:
I'm sure a product of this type is possible, companies like sandisk, Samsung, Hynix and Toshiba will probably have them tucked away in their office for testing and to release them onto the market at the right time.

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I won't really call him a scam unless you can prove otherwise.

Myself and other hope this will turn out right as we're looking forward to seeing a 128GB/256GB card to be available on the market sometime soon.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] xuggs:
As much as I wished this was for real my feeling is this is a scam. Go look at the Resellers on that page and every single store listed has nothing to do with the type of item he is selling. Thanks but no thanks!
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] JDodge72:
Hi Steve,

Shipping within Australia is $12.90 (Post Express) and we have the cards working in a Sony camera with a memory stick adapter but I can not be sure if yours will work. Our cards have a life time warranty which is a simple swap out, regarding returns... they are a memory, we have not had anyone ask to return anything....

Regards, Jonathon
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] iceghost1210:
If its too good to be true, then it probably isn't.

I would like to get my hands on one of these '256GB' cards mind you.. will be watching this thread for reviews
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] JDodge72:
We some of the things you send made sense but I do design custom components for a speakers and if you had read my profile you would see that I ran a design company called one systems where I designed very cool set- boxes, consulted on circuit board designs for Intel, AMD projects

and managed to speak at various trade shows around the world. But I agree its strange that a Sandisk hitman hasn't paid me a visit yet...

It's a mircoSD card, its not that hard... I found the best components, selected a manufacturer ( painful), did a sample run, tested 30 cards of each in 3 groups, made a few tweaks. Ordered a small number .... Gone .... order a bigger number ... Gone ... Every Forum in the world jumps on me.... Ordered a huge number, so far 50% gone... I don't see what the fuss is about the components are available, but the big guys don't release 128GB & 256GB cards because they can sell a 64GB for a $150....
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] kms108:
I'm sure some review will pop up soon or later and if they turned out to be real, i'm sure many will be sorry for what they have said, and many people from here will flock over to buy these.

I am one for sure as I have friend who are also watching.

lets just wait and see.

kms
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] ilegales:
Hi JDodge

can you please take a photo of either the micro sd card itself or the packaging showing either the 128gb or 256gb package

just use any type of camera - on your phone whatever

should take a couple of minutes to do....

and put a lot of minds at ease...

THANK YOU
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] ultramag69:
OK, I've ordered 1, see how it goes... Will be great if it works in our phones the way it should...
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] killa12222:
256gb on a phone? Keen for the reviews!
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] xoulu:
[MENTION=5552170]JDodge72[/MENTION]

Any update on my order #1050?

Nvm got your PM
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] CraigAmey:
No offense but designing components for speakers and board projects isn't quite in the same league as advanced process design for chips. Lexar achieved their 256GB SD card using die-stacking techniques. Their card also sells for $400+

http://www.amazon.com/Lexar-Professional-256GB-Memory-LSD256CTBNA600/dp/B0090BEWKY

and the fact that I can buy your card, put it in an SD adapter and get the same thing for $178 completely defies logic (the smaller one is supposed to be harder to do hence more expensive). It's a not a matter of selecting the best components, these things aren't **** Smith Funway kits, they're typically a single memory chip and possibly a controller chip inside a piece of plastic. The memory chip is where the technology is and there aren't any companies out there selling single 256GB chips and you're sure as sh*t not making your own.

Point us at one single independent review. It's really odd that there isn't even anyone who has received one and tried it out and you've been active on the web with this since the beginning of October at least.

Another point is that the only way you can get this kind of density right now is to use TLC cell stacking and that limits you to about 1000 writes before the cell dies. In your test plan you mention that you write the entire chip 1000 times with an encrypted code (not sure what there is to encrypt here but anyway ...), which means the chip is basically dead at the end of the test. Kind of like the match factory, 'this one works, this one works. this one ...' :)

Anyone following this should look up another famous Australian named Peter Brock and his 'Energy Polarizer'. It was this block of resin you stuck to your windshield and it made your car run more economically and with more power. He even had respected motoring writers of the day out testing it, trying to see if they could feel the difference. It was hilarious, and of course turned out to be nothing but a big scam.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] klau1:
The First commercially available 256 GB SDXC was announced on September 17, 2012 by Lexar.

http://www.lexar.com/about/newsroom/press-releases/lexar-announces-industry-s-first-256gb-sdxc-uhs-i-memory-card

According to Moore's Law, the number of transistors double every 18 months or 2 years.

Couple this with the advent of TLC (if indeed that's what's being used), meaning 3 writes per cell instead of 2 in MLC.

So that's an extra 50% increase of storage space.

Is it really that far fetched to see a 256GB MicroSDXC a year later?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] theusername:
Fake!

This site is only 88 days old and has all sorts of concerns with it.... This is clearly a scam. Here is some info on the site, its hosting, and other details.

Domain Name: MYEGO360.COM

Registry Domain ID:

Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.tucows.com

Registrar URL: [link removed] /> Updated Date: 2013-08-24 01:36:40

Creation Date: 2013-08-24 05:36:40

Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2014-08-24 05:36:40

Registrar: TUCOWS, INC.

Registrar IANA ID: 69

Registrar Abuse Contact Email:

Registrar Abuse Contact Phone:

Reseller: Shopify

Reseller: [email removed]

Reseller: 866-704-0252

Reseller: [link removed] /> Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited

Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited

Registry Registrant ID:

Registrant Name: Jonathon Dodge

Registrant Organization: myego360

Registrant Street: [email removed]

Registrant City: Newcastle

Registrant State/Province: NSW

Registrant Postal Code: 2300

Registrant Country: AU

Registrant Phone: 466021252

Registrant Phone Ext:

Registrant Fax:

Registrant Fax Ext:

Registrant Email: [email removed]

Registry Admin ID:

Admin Name: Jonathon Dodge

Admin Organization: myego360

Admin Street: [email removed]

Admin City: Newcastle

Admin State/Province: NSW

Admin Postal Code: 2300

Admin Country: AU

Admin Phone: 466021252

Admin Phone Ext:

Admin Fax:

Admin Fax Ext:

Admin Email: [email removed]

Registry Tech ID:

Tech Name: Jonathon Dodge

Tech Organization: myego360

Tech Street: [email removed]

Tech City: Newcastle

Tech State/Province: NSW

Tech Postal Code: 2300

Tech Country: AU

Tech Phone: 466021252

Tech Phone Ext:

Tech Fax:

Tech Fax Ext:

Tech Email: [email removed]

Name Server: NS2.SYSTEMDNS.COM

Name Server: NS3.SYSTEMDNS.COM

Name Server: NS1.SYSTEMDNS.COM

DNSSEC:

URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: [link removed] /> >>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2013-08-24 01:36:40 <<<

Registration Service Provider:

Shopify, [email removed]

866-704-0252
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] Russbad:
I feel sorry for all the people who fell for this scam. Looking at JDodge72 posts in all the other forums, the guy can hardly spell and his grammar is not up to par for someone who claims to be educated enough to own and run a company. His fake website is also from a do it yourself website program template. I have no doubt he has accomplices posting as regular people seemingly trusting the scam, creating a groupthink, that if this guy believes him, it may be true. Those who say they believe and ordered could very well be in on the scam or have been tricked. This guy can manufacture a 256gb micro sd card but he cant post pictures or videos and claim they had packaging problems. Even his youtube video for his website was deleted. I'm surprised these people haven't been reported yet.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] theusername:
Not to mention the site has changed where it is being hosted from several time in the last 88 days from the USA to Canada to Australia...

Its hard to say what's taking place with the site and Mr. Dodge though because he is using some sort of proxy or anonymizer. Just be careful here and be ready to file a dispute with PayPal or your financial institution.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] klau1:
It's curious that none of his "main" products (mini speakers) are in stock, while his SDCARDs are all in stock....

However, Take a look at the Twitter feed:

It goes Feb 2012 and FURTHER back in time.

There is even personally identifiable photos from a trade show :

https://twitter.com/myEGO360/status/338014767237185536

Tweeter Time Stamped: 12:32 PM - 24 May 13

With in this Tweeter Feed are SDCARD promotion information (so proves this tweeter feed is indeed associated with the myego360 site)

https://twitter.com/myEGO360/status/401450186821468160

That the website URL was registered at a later date doesn't necessarily conclusively prove that the site is fake.

It could simply be:

He switched Registrars

Also interesting to note is that there is another ego360 site: http://www.ego-360.com/egopaypal_south.htm

This one makes no mention of any SDCARDs either on the site nor on their separate Tweeter feed.

https://twitter.com/TheEgo360

Are they the same people (scammer/distributor)?

Or are they different?

Both Whois are from an AUS location.

If this is a scam, either it's well prepared, well ahead of time.... or just good distributor recently gone bad,.. which is unlikely....why ruin your brand equity?

Neither are good explanations, they just don't sound probable.......
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] bolinao:
If it was a scam he wouldn't have used Paypal as a payment method.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] tytechguy:
Seriously? This is the biggest bunch of horse**** I've ever seen. How is it that major players within the memory arena haven't released their version sporting 256gb but this guy magically finds a "supplier" (namely Samsung) to manufacture chips for him? Ha! Yea right! A company like Samsung would NEVER turn loose rights to a product like this. There is a reason Samsung is one of if not the biggest technology (amongst other subsidiaries) companies, they do business on a global scale and with companies that can handle millions of units per month. Not some guy in Australia with no credible website, customer feedback, or any evidence of selling anything to anybody. I own my own business and I can say I have scams hit me almost every week. Some pretty damn convincing, and some down right ridiculous. I feel for all the guys that gave this joker their money. Its always the same thing: first comes the unbelievable product at an unbelievable price. Then its the spin move. Back orders, product packaging issues and so on. Then they vanish. POOF! just like that they take everybody's money and run. All he needs is a few thousand people at 179 a pop to have a nice chunk to lay back on some beach in Cancun or the Bahamahs. Yes, I'll have to eat every word if he delivers, but I don't see it happening. Like mom always said, if it sounds too good to be true, it most likely is...
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] kms108:
lets just see the results in the coming days or weeks.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] JDodge72:
I am really sick of these constant attacks

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but when people start to personally attack me I draw the line.

I don't really care what people think.... my only regret is that I introduced myself... A few civilised members have requested cards to assess and write reviews and I thank them for their support.

These cards are real, this not a scam and their are 100's of them in circulation, we offer a lifetime warranty and try to be as open and transparent as possible.

This will be my last post.... The only other correspondence regarding EGO-360 microSD cards will be via your own member reviews.

Jonathon
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] Byggeren:
Trustworthy...

NOT!

We've probably hit the nail on the head. Blablabla answers, absolutely no links or reviews.

Please don't throw your money at this scam!
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] tytechguy:
Look bud, sorry if you feel I personally attacked you. But you have to see things through the XDA community's eyes (at least the ones who share my view on this). 1. You're new and come from left field selling a new product. 2. You claim to have access to new technology that isn't available to the masses from the biggest companies that specialize in the very thing you're selling. 3. We (at least I) have yet to see any convencing video proving the validity of your product. And lastly, 4. With every new product comes skeptics especially when there is no evidence that what you say is true. Only what you and your website says. So take this however, if you produce the product and it's everything you say, I will publicly recant my statement earlier and offer my apologies for being wrong about you and your product. Until then, I stand behind what I said.

Good day to you sir...
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] b00mb00mchuck:
Do a google search on Moore's law... those days are over and it doesn't apply as it used to.

And the reference to an SDXC card isn't relative to this thread... the first 128Gb micro hasn't even hit the market yet... so doesn't it stand to reason it would be 18 to 24 months from that date we would see the 256? (Given the idea that Moore's would still be on schedule)
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] cpufrost:
Faker than a three dollar bill!

Until SEC has one, I'm claiming fake!

128GB ones aren't even that common and they're pricey.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] b00mb00mchuck:
Come on dude... it's no wonder people are attacking this
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] Russbad:
Translated:

TRANSLATED: "Oh crap! They are on to me. Time to make my disappearing act, this is my last post. No one will ever see or hear from me again, even those who actually paid for this vaporware."
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] klau1:
But can you explain his long running twitter feed? It existed long years before he announced the sdcards
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] klau1:
Do you think companies release everything they are capable of immediately?

Why not milk it with something inferior first before releasing the next best thing so people will have to buy it all over again?

Remeber, microsds can also be used in sd slots with adapters. So there is no reason to buy normal sized sds once microsds exist.

So companies HALF their profit potential from people who otherwise would have bought it twice(first time for their sd camera and second time an mircosd) just so it can be interchanged between their microsd smartphone to share photos.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] ilegales:
Really interesting that none of those people who own some of them 100's of cards out there

have even posted a snapshot or video or said on any forum that they exist or even work.....

100's of them out there.....not one photo exists.........
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] klau1:
Marketing 101 says Negative experiences are several times more likely to be expressed online compared to positive ones.

So by your argument, why haven't we heard of any complaints?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] bolinao:
You must be talking about Apple :laugh:
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] graffixnyc:
Guys..I've been alerted about this thread. I will leave it be for now because there is no proof either way if it's legit or not. Whomever ordered.. PLEASE PM me and let me know the outcome. I will try to check back in the thread but sometimes it might slip my mind. So please keep me in the loop about this and I will take action (or not) depending on the outcome people get
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] blewis540:
Whats interesting theres a lot of chinese 256GB SD showing up when you google..

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/1358184290/high_speed_real_capacity_256GB_micro.html

http://daxiao.en.alibaba.com/produc...Micro_SD_Memory_Card_256GB_free_shipping.html

hmm? theres many more so perhaps not totally impossible
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] johnomaz:
The price scares me. Lexar has one on Amazon for $500.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] b00mb00mchuck:
Oh hell yeah I do... in this day and age? They release the fact that they have ALMOST have the technology available to THEORETICALLY produce something that MIGHT be available in the next two years , just so they can be the first to start the buzz that will work everybody into a buying frenzy.

The problem with this thread is this...

Dude claims he's smart enough to create something out of thin air that the public is begging for and multi billion dollar company's are scrambling to produce...

But his marketing of said product is on "garage sale" levels showing that he has missed the whole point of this being his chance at multi-millions of dollars in retirement.

This is a simple sweep scam... you sweep all the tech forums with something that is amazing if it's true... catch a few orders from each forum to generate some cash for christmas and disappear .... I mean look at what happened here... no proof, no pictures, no proof of sales and he got like 5 members to order just from this thread? And we're supposed to be the smart forum with all the gear heads looking for mods and ROMs and he already banged us for a grand... imagine what's going on elswhere.

It would be great to eat my words on this one because then I would actually have one of these cards... but simply put... pics or it didn't happen... I've looked around enough to see that this guy is spending a good portion of his day on the computer trying to spam orders from unsuspecting forum members... he "has a large order" of these cards sitting in front of him and can't take 2 minutes to post a pic?

If he doesn't care about sales , why is he here on all these forums? Why is he advertising them on his website?

If he does care about sales then why not post a quick pic? And why not do some very basic marketing so you don't look like a douche running a lemon stand?

This is so transparent it's amazing it still happens.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] klau1:
I don't agree with your first part.

Companies often collude to price lock, tech lock to keep the market maximally milked. Especially when competitors are few, as they are in the sd flash market.

You second point, I agree with you. There are seemingly illogical things being done.

But still can't explain why his twitter feed has be years in the running to sell his speaker product.

Why start the scam and ruin his reputation now?

(Might I remind you, there are still no complaints yet on those forums you speak of)
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] klau1:
Take a look at his Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/MyEgo360/190488154415057

It seems to go as far back as July 31, 2012, about the same time as the twitter.

Even contains the same photos as the twitter.

So far these media outlets are mutually consistent.

So again: Why start the scam and ruin his reputation now?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] sIpInWiT mYdRoId:
last time this happened it was on ebay with a bunch of people selling 256gb sandisk micro sd's & they ended up all being 32gb fakes. Not trying to rain on anyones parade just sayin. It will be pretty awesome though if they are available and work. Id order 1 this minute.

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Screw it, moneys not an issue to me when it comes to something this awesome. Definitely not trying to sound like some money bags ahole either. Just ordered one that fast after i found out i could pay with paypal cause now i have no way to lose cause paypal will not allow me to be scammed, especially with how much money i move through them via ebay with my Cell Phone and PC sales. I guess shipping is even free. total came to 179.00 even after complete check out. Plus it shows it delivers out with what will be converted to USPS mail once it gets here to the U.S. I guess i'll report back here after i get it if anyone would like me to after i receive it. I hope it works with this phone but eve if it dont i have many other things i could use this with. Thanks to the poster of this for the info :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] qsgsg:
cos he just started selling and nobody has received the cards yet
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] kms108:
The note 2 has been confirmed to work with a sd card at 256GB, so i'm sure the note 3 will support this size.