Archive for March, 2006

SanDisk announces a 4 GB storage capacity regular Memory Stick Pro Duo card

After introducing on February 26 the 4 GB Ultra II Memory Stick PRO Duo, high-performance memory card, SanDisk introduced today the 4 GB regular Memory Stick PRO Duo. The announcement was made at the CeBIT Show in Hannover, Germany.


The move to a larger capacity Memory Stick PRO Duo regular cards is good news for Sony PSP owners, SonyEricsson mobile phone owners but also for owners of Sony digital cameras since the majority of Sony’s new-released digital cameras have Memory Stick Duo slots rather than Memory Stick PRO slots.

The new memory card is expected to ship in April 2006 and the suggested retail price is $ 299. SanDisk is making a colour change for its regular Memory Stick PRO Duo line, from pale blue to deep blue.


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Source: www.sandisk.com

Add comment March 10th, 2006

Pretec introduces the largest capacity RS-MMC/MMCmobile memory card and 1.5 GB versions for some of its memory cards

Pretec has released a 2 GB RS-MMC/MMCmobile, the largest storage capacity RS-MMC card in the world.

Pretec also demonstrated new versions of SD Memory Card, MMC card and CompactFlash memory cards with the odd storage capacity of 1.5 GB. Those are lower cost version, compared to the 2 GB, memory cards that are expected to be used by corporations which are using bundled software such as digital map, where more than 1 GB is needed yet less than 2 GB of storage capacity is required. Pretec’s 1.5 GB memory cards are ideal choice for such applications.

Since low cost content memory cards, bundled with particular applications, are on the rise Pretec will provide memory cards with different storage capacities and content upload services for it’s customers. A prototype of the automatic content uploading/duplication machine for the most of the memory card standards will be demonstrated at CeBIT convention. Pretec will also offer memory cards with storage capacities of 1.2 GB, 1 GB and 0.8 GB.

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Source: www.pretec.com

Add comment March 10th, 2006

Micron Technology to acquire Lexar Media

Micron Technology, the owner of Crucial Technology, and Lexar Media announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Micron to acquire Lexar in a stock-for-stock merger. Lexar will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Micron, and Lexar’s stock will cease trading on the NASDAQ stock market.

The merger is designed to combine Micron’s technology and manufacturing leadership in NAND flash memory with Lexar’s leadership in NAND controller and system design technology, brand recognition and retail channel strength to create a vertically integrated entity fully focused on the NAND business.

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Source: www.micron.com

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