Friday, January 17, 2003
Follow-up On New Sony Memory Stick
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 01:00 PM
http://www.infosync.no/news/2002/n/2889.html
Just over a month ago, we reported on the new Sony Memory Stick Pro linking to a CNet News.com article. Immediately other PDA enthusiast sites dismissed the article based on contacts within Sony saying that the author of the article, Richard Shim, would be embarrassed.
Well, it looks like he was mostly right. "Not all devices will support the new format, however. Some products already have support for the Memory Stick Pro built-in, suggesting that Sony has been "priming the market" for some time, while others will require a software upgrade. In particular, Sony's CLIE NX-line and NZ-line of Palm OS handhelds will support the Memory Stick Pro with a software patch. No other members of the CLIE line will support the new Memory Stick."
So even the high dollar NR series is not supported. :roll: They are adding another new format, called the Memory Stick Select, which will essentially cram multiple 128MB sticks into a single stick. You remove the stick and slide a switch to access different "partitions." How useful is that? Who wants playlists spanning volumes?
I don't care if Sony builds a Pocket PC tomorrow that has all the power of the NZ-90 in the size of an HP iPAQ h1910. If it has a memory stick slot, it won't be on my shopping list. I hate to see consumers being duped like this. I hope current Clie owners remember this treatment when they are ready to upgrade.
Just over a month ago, we reported on the new Sony Memory Stick Pro linking to a CNet News.com article. Immediately other PDA enthusiast sites dismissed the article based on contacts within Sony saying that the author of the article, Richard Shim, would be embarrassed.
Well, it looks like he was mostly right. "Not all devices will support the new format, however. Some products already have support for the Memory Stick Pro built-in, suggesting that Sony has been "priming the market" for some time, while others will require a software upgrade. In particular, Sony's CLIE NX-line and NZ-line of Palm OS handhelds will support the Memory Stick Pro with a software patch. No other members of the CLIE line will support the new Memory Stick."
So even the high dollar NR series is not supported. :roll: They are adding another new format, called the Memory Stick Select, which will essentially cram multiple 128MB sticks into a single stick. You remove the stick and slide a switch to access different "partitions." How useful is that? Who wants playlists spanning volumes?
I don't care if Sony builds a Pocket PC tomorrow that has all the power of the NZ-90 in the size of an HP iPAQ h1910. If it has a memory stick slot, it won't be on my shopping list. I hate to see consumers being duped like this. I hope current Clie owners remember this treatment when they are ready to upgrade.
