Flash Phone Storage Hits 4GB As It Heads For 32GB

Written by Adam Gosling

Friday, 15 September 2006

SanDisk has announced a 4GB miniSD High Capacity (SDHC) flash card capable of storing more than 2,000 hi-res images, 8 hours of video or more than 1,000 songs on a mobile phone. The miniSDHC is only being produced in sampling quantities at present with major phone manufacturers and mobile network operators getting to play with the card ahead of a retail release some time next year. Though standard miniSD and miniSDHC cards look identical in size and shape, the cards are not backwards compatible so only SDHC-compatible products will be able to accept the new miniSDHC cards. The cards are based on the SD Association 2.0 specification. The SDHC family designation will support capacities larger than 2GB. The new specifications allow for capacities to reach 32GB. The SD Association is an industry standards board. It also defined three speed classes for speed and performance capabilities. The new SanDisk cards announced adhere to the SD Speed Class 2 Rating which defines a minimum sustained transfer speed for SDHC cards. "The 4GB miniSDHC card represents a significant technological breakthrough and highlights the growing need for large-capacity, high-speed storage for the mobile phone market," said Yoram Cedar, executive vice president of handset business and corporate engineering at SanDisk. What is SDHC: http://www.sandisk.com/sdhc/SDHC.pdf SDHC product information: http://www.sandisk.com/sdhc/ Related news items Solid State SanDisk Disc -04/01/2007 Fastest CF Cards Now 40MBps Read/Write -20/07/2006 New Storage Card Standard Increases Capacities -19/07/2006 Newer news items Intel Targets Solid State Drives At Servers -13/03/2007 Hybrid Drive Reduces Crash Risk -07/03/2007 WD Portable Drive With Panache -20/11/2006 Samsung Puts 1GB Storage On A SIM -09/11/2006 160 GB WD Drives Have Own Shock Prevention -18/09/2006 Older news items External Storage For Your Phone -21/08/2006 AOL To Offer Free On-Line Back-Up -05/08/2006 Toshiba Set To Ramp MicroSD Production -20/07/2006 8GB 133X CompactFlash From Lexar -19/07/2006 Solid State Drives Could Replace Hard Drives -17/07/2006 Tag This Now: