SanDisk Introduces 1GB XD-Picture Card

xD card uses rejoice - Sandisk has announced the availability of a 1G version of the xD-Picture card. The announcement follows the introduction last month of 10 new, four-megapixel and higher digital cameras by Olympus and Fuji that are fully compatible with the 1GB xD-Picture Card. SanDisk is expected to start shipping the M Series, 1GB card in April at a suggested retail price of $139.99 in the U.S.


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Pretec Announces C-Flash Memory Card Standard

Another day, another memory card standard. Pretec have come out with a new memory card and module - C-Flash . With a physical size of 17mm x 12mm x 1.0mm, about 1/3 the volume of RS-MMC or miniSD, C-Flash is one of the smallest form factor flash memory cards in the world.

The C-Flash will have capacity up to 2048GB (500 times of MMC capacity) and transfer speed up to 120MB/s (10 times of SD speed). Pretec will also offer various adapters for C-Flash such as SD, miniSD, MMC, RS-MMC and USB; users can buy only one flash card, C-Flash, and at the same time be able to use different mobile devices such as DSC, mobile phone, MP3, PDA, etc. with various interfaces (SD, miniSD, MMC, RS-MMC, USB).


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