Samsung Puts 1GB Storage On A SIM

Written by Adam Gosling

Friday, 10 November 2006

Samsung has previewed a new solution to mobile phone storage int eh form of a SIM card with a 1GB storage capacity. While most Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards have a small amount of storage space, the latest S-SIM card from Samsung could take standard storage levels in mobile phones to anew dimension. The new SIM design is a smart card IC-based card used to identify users in GSM mobile environments, but with the huge uptake in multimedia functionality on mobile phones, Samsung figures it's worth putting a little extra NAND flash memory on the card for storage. It uses the traditional SIM interface and doesn't make the SIM any larger than a standard SIM, says the company and it makes storage far more convenient for the user. As email, pictures, digital music and document become commonplace on mobile phones, storage and security features become more important. "This new high-performance S-SIM demonstrates Samsung's technology leadership and vision to provide ultimate technology and solutions for the fast evolving mobile and IT environment," said Dr. Chil Hee Chung, senior vice president of chip card and microcontroller development team at Samsung Electronics. It's not a complete revolution of course, Samsung introduced a 128 MB S-SIM in 2004. www.samsung.com Related news items Hybrid Drive Boosts Laptop's Skillset -10/10/2007 Armani, Prada, Labels Get Mobile -26/09/2007 First Windows 6 Palm In Australia -12/09/2007 NetComm Goes 3G With New Range -05/09/2007 Snow Bunnies Are Bound To Be Unwired -30/07/2007 Newer news items SanDisk Adds To SSD Trend -15/03/2007 Intel Targets Solid State Drives At Servers -13/03/2007 Hybrid Drive Reduces Crash Risk -07/03/2007 Solid State SanDisk Disc -04/01/2007 WD Portable Drive With Panache -20/11/2006 Older news items 160 GB WD Drives Have Own Shock Prevention -18/09/2006 Flash Phone Storage Hits 4GB As It Heads For 32GB -14/09/2006 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 Tag This Now: