Transcend released a 2 GB storage capacity miniSD memory card. The 80 X high-speed miniSD card joins the ranks of the highest capacity miniSD memory cards in the world. Transcend provides an adapter, which allows the miniSD memory card to be used in SD Memory Card slots.

For being able in achieving transfer speeds of 80 X, Transcend has used the SLC, Single-Level-Cell, flash technology in its miniSD memory card. This makes the memory card also more durable and reliable. It also saves valuable battery time for the electronic devise in which it is being used since it consumes less power. 

Nyko introduced the Multi-Reader 360 that supports the SmartMedia Card, CompactFlash, Memory Stick and SD Memory Card formats. This allows you to view pictures and listen to music stored on memory cards.

It also has a 3 USB ports that plugs into the front of the Xbox 360 allowing to connect up to four wired controllers at once or attach multiple devices simultaneously such as USB Flash Drives, iPods, MP3 Players or a PSP.

The MultiMediaCard Association (MMCA) has developed and is expected to market its dual socket solution, a memory card slot that support both the MMCmicro and the competitive microSD memory card format, to the mobile phone manufactures.

The MMCA is hopping to catch up some lost ground to the more or less de-facto memory card format for mobile phones, microSD. This move in combination with the newly introduced 2 GB MMCmicro is expected to penetrate the market for mobile phones better.

According to the MMCA mobile phones supporting the dual socket solution will arrive by the fourth quarter of 2006. Still it may take some time for them to do that since no announcements has been made by any larger mobile phone manufactures for supporting the dual socket solution in their new developed mobile phones.

This solution is really good news for the consumers, since they will have the opportunity to choose any of those two cards for their mobile phone.  

Samsung announced today that it has developed a 2 GB MMCmicro memory card that combines four 4Gbit NAND flash devices. The 2 GB memory card has been developed only three months after Samsung led the industry by launching a 1GB MMCmicro. An included adapter will allow the MMCmicro to be plugged into any MultiMediaCard slot.

Samsung is pushing hard for the adoption of the MMCmicro as the de facto memory card for mobile phones. This goal will be hard to achieve since microSD is today the de facto memory card. Most of today’s mobile phones are having a microSD slot and it is expected that the mobile phones that will be introduced will have a microSD slot.According to Dataquest, the global memory card market will grow five percent between 2005 and 2010, the MultiMediaCard market will grow 17% and the MMCmicro market by 95% during the same period.

The competition heats up in the memory card industry with the introduction of the 512 MB microSD from Kingmax. According to the manufacturer the new microSD feature water and dust resistance. We have no information about the card’s transfer speed. Kingmax plans to release a 1 GB microSD card in the near future. Provided by all memory cards.

]]> http://www.allmemorycards.com/news/microsd/feed/ http://www.allmemorycards.com/news/compact-flash http://www.allmemorycards.com/news/compact-flash#comments Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:20:12 +0000 www.AllMemoryCards.com CompactFlash Corporate News http://www.allmemorycards.com/news/compactflash The new Infiniti G35 performance sedan is expected to offer a high end Bose audio system with integrated CompactFlash memory card slot and hard disk drive. It is unclear which hard disk drive the G35 actually will use but the vague information suggests that it will be a Seagate hard disk drive. This move will make Infiniti the first car manufacture to offer mass storage device in a car. Provided by All Memory Cards.

The case is lightweight (3.5 oz), sized perfectly (4.2″ (L) x 2.8″ (W) x 0.7″ (H)) and priced at 19.95 US dollar. Provided by all memory cards, source: Digital Foci.

Kingston announced the addition of 512 MB microSD memory card to further enhance its line of mobile memory solutions. Kingston’s microSD memory cards ship bundled with a SD Memory Card adapter. This memory card follows the 256 MB microSD first announced in January and according to Kingston larger capacities will be introduced in the near future.

The expected price in the US for the 512 MB microSD is $45.00.    

The mobile media player from Actimagine keeps copyrighted materials safe from duplication, offering an ideal solution regardless if the content is distributed via wireless carriers or preloaded memory cards. The mobile media solution will be available to all memory card formats manufactured by Kingston.

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The digital portability offered by the memory card slot in BeoSound 4 is consistent with Bang & Olufsen’s strategy to increase flexibility offered by memory cards and also to exploit digital music and digital storage. The audio system supports the MP3 and WMA digital audio formats.

The Bang & Olufsen’s move is also proof that memory cards are ready to enter into the market of home audio systems. It is expected that in the near future every home and car audio system will have at least one memory card slot.

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