subject: Importance Of R4i Card [print this page] The R4i card is a card that is basically in the shape of a normal game cartridge of the Nintendo DS and is inserted into the same slot as that of the game cartridges. The Slot 2 was the slot used for extendable memory earlier but now the R4i cards use the Slot 1 itself to execute its contents. The R4i box comes with a R4i card, a R4i carrying box case, a USB microSD card reader.
There is a small slot on the top left of the R4i card which is the provision for the microSD card which is the source drive for the R4i cards. The R4i is of course very easy to use as t is only the same mechanism as that of the normal game cartridges.
There is a software CD that comes along with this R4i Card box. The CD does not mean that the card cannot be accessed by any Operating System but is only the firmware of the R4i card that you have bought. Even though the R4i cards have been put to good use, there is a fact that these cards are sometimes not used legitimately and are used sometimes for illegal pirated games and applications. This is a major drawback for the popularity of the R4i cards. But yet since there are more of advantages that rule over it, R4i cards are much preferred everywhere.
The R4i cards boots up very easily just like the normal Nintendo DS games and applications. It does not need any kick start from any other boot up device to put itself to work. Likewise there is smooth functioning of the application without any pause or any stutter while reading the contents in the microSD card. This makes the R4i indeed a very much wanted device for great entertainment with the Nintendo DS.
