Tag archive: flash memory card

“Retailers and distributors worldwide are eager to begin offering KODAK xD-Picture Cards to more fully meet the consumer demand spurred by the popularity of digital photography,” said Bobby Billman, vice president of marketing, Lexar. “With this addition to the KODAK memory card line, we are offering a wider variety of products that people trust for capturing and preserving their memories — hallmarks of Kodak.”… Read More

SanDisk has introduced the SanDisk Photo Album, a compact, sleek and easy-to-use device that lets consumers display digital still pictures or video clips on their TV sets and even attach soundtracks to slide shows. Using any one of eight flash memory card formats as well as portable USB flash drives, the unit also enables consumers to play MP3 music files on their home audio systems. The media player was launched at a SanDisk press… Read More

SmartDisk Corporation announced today that its FlashTrax portable, palm-sized digital multimedia device now displays histograms, the graphic representation of the range of image tones in a photograph. Histograms are especially helpful to professional photographers when reviewing digital shots on location.

The unit can also be used as a Web cam, digital voice recorder and MP3 player. The MPEG-4 video is recorded at a maximum resolution of 320 by 240 at 17 fps to the unit's 16MB of internal memory or an SD flash memory card. The unit is housed in an aluminum body with a video camera form factor, and it features a 1.5-inch LCD screen with a resolution of 117,000 pixels. The screen is adjustable up to 270 degrees. On the digital still… Read More

Compatible with most Secure Digital (SD) slots used by mobile phones, digital cameras, and other portable digital devices, MMC (MultiMediaCard) is one of the most popular memory cards in the world today. Version 4.0 is the most recent release of MMCA (http://www.mmca.org/), with maximum transfer speed up to 20 times of today's MMC, and 4 times faster than today's SD card without any royalties for the high-speed interface. The… Read More

Canon's three new Mini DV megapixel camcorders

SanDisk and Motorola have created a smaller removable flash memory card format for use in mobile phones. The first cards will go on sale in the third quarter to coincide with the launch of a 3G Motorola phone designed to use them, says Kelly Radmer, 3G marketing manager at Motorola. Read more at PC World.

This information confirms reports received from developers over the past weeks, with the first solid facts about the Xbox 2 slipping out after Microsoft briefed a number of its key development partners on the current state of the system. Our sources indicate that the console will use “four or more” of the IBM PowerPC processors, an architecture which will force game developers to significantly rethink the way that games are… Read More