Sandisk Releases 2 GB microSD Card
August 1st, 2006 Jason Dunn
“SanDisk ® Corporation today introduced a 2-gigabyte (GB) microSD ™ card – the largest capacity of the world’s smallest removable flash memory card – to meet demand for a new generation of MP3 music phones, including the forthcoming Verizon Wireless Chocolate by LG mobile phone. Using the SanDisk microSD card, the Verizon Wireless phone can store up to 1,000 digital songs downloaded from the company’s V CAST music service. The card, which is sold with an adapter that enables it to fit into a standard-size SD ™ slot of other devices, will debut in the U.S. exclusively at 1,900 Verizon Wireless stores for the next 60 days. Internationally, it will be sold by a variety of mobile retailers.”
I just published my review of the 1 GB Sandisk microSD card recently, and it’s outdated already! I shouldn’t be surprised of course, but I wasn’t expecting to see 2 GB quite this quickly. It’s impressive to see how the development in Flash memory has resulted in a quick ramp-up of the storage capacity in this format. The 2GB cards will sell for $99 USD, though for the first 60 days they’ll only be available in Verizon wireless stores. This links in with the LG Chocolate phone promotion that Verizon has been promoting heavily lately. One of those would sure look good in my Qtek 8500… 