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Dragging a bit behind memory mammoth SanDisk in maxing out the available space on its miniscule microSDHC cards, Toshiba introduced plans for its own even 16GB card on Thursday. Besides the miniscule new card, it will also introduce faster full-size SDHC cards in 16GB and 8GB capacities.

Like the original 16GB microSDHC card SanDisk launched back in September, the new Toshiba card will carry a Class 2 speed rating, guaranteeing minimum transfer speeds of 2MB/s or more. By contrast, the larger 16GB and 8GB SDHC card SanDisk cards will both carry a Class 6 rating, for speeds of 6MB/s and greater.

Mobile phones with microSDHC slots just got a whole lot roomier. SanDisk expanded the tiniest of removable flash formats on Monday by introducing the very first 16GB card in the popular microSDHC format, along with a matching card in Sony’s similar Memory Stick Micro format.

The cards will double capacity from the old format limit of 8GB, effectively allowing any mobile phone with the fairly common microSDHC standard to pack as much room as Apple’s flagship iPhone.