Storage in a flash for mobile phones

Storage in a flash for mobile phones

Jul 14, 2005: As mobile phones continue to evolve and embrace more features and functions, the problem of storing data on these devices is becoming a fresh new issue for users.

SanDisk has attempted to address this problem by creating a new microSD card, which is fully compatible with the TransFlash card and is designed as a small, flash memory storage card for mobile phones and devices.

It has a capacity of 512-megabytes and the SanDisk expects to release a 1-gigabyte microSD card by the end of the year, with a 2GB card released in 2006.

Paul Reinhardt, the newly appointed executive director of the SanDisk Card Association, said that mobile phones these days need removable storage cards these days because of the variety of content they can hold.

"SanDisk worked hard to ensure that the TransFlash card offers handset makers and consumers an ideal combination of large capacity, small physical size and cross-platform interoperability. By making this specification an industry standard, we believe this will spur on greater adoption and market acceptance.

The storage card could be used for saving documents stored on phones, pictures, phone numbers or even emails that fill up the capacity of the phone.

IDC believes that the market for mobile phones with card slots is expected to increase to more than 258 million units annually by 2006 as users adopt phones that take advantage of the features that removable memory cards provide.

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