Monday, July 15, 2002
I-O Data announced 256 and 512 MB SD cards
Posted by Jason Dunn in "HARDWARE" @ 12:07 PM
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0207/02070801iodata256512sd.asp
It's good to see more OEMs making SD cards - competition will help drive the cost down. Although after learning that the SD spec is controlled by a single company who charges royalties on it, I wonder how much competition is really possible. If MultiMediaCards weren't so darn slow, and weren't lagging in capacity, they'd seem to be a much better solution. But as consumers, it seems that we can never win...
"I-O Data has today announced the availability of 256 and 512 MB SD cards. The SD card is now beginning to establish itself in the digital camera market, the advent and availability of larger capacity cards will be very welcome to owners of SD/MMC storage cameras. Another positive aspect of the new cards is that there appear to be no known compatibility problems, so unlike the SmartMedia debacle of a few years ago existing SD/MMC digital cameras should be able to use these new cards without problems."
It's good to see more OEMs making SD cards - competition will help drive the cost down. Although after learning that the SD spec is controlled by a single company who charges royalties on it, I wonder how much competition is really possible. If MultiMediaCards weren't so darn slow, and weren't lagging in capacity, they'd seem to be a much better solution. But as consumers, it seems that we can never win...
"I-O Data has today announced the availability of 256 and 512 MB SD cards. The SD card is now beginning to establish itself in the digital camera market, the advent and availability of larger capacity cards will be very welcome to owners of SD/MMC storage cameras. Another positive aspect of the new cards is that there appear to be no known compatibility problems, so unlike the SmartMedia debacle of a few years ago existing SD/MMC digital cameras should be able to use these new cards without problems."
