3GB CompactFlash and Half Size MMC Flash Memory Cards

A couple of interesting headlines I saw today in the PocketPC peripheral genre. Pretec are claiming they can provide CompactFlash cards with a capacity of up to 3Gb. At $2,499 I'll be waiting for a price drop before buying but I'm sure this evolution will make lower capacity CF cards cheaper. In separate news Hitachi announced they will be releasing half size MMC cards. This is certainly evolution rather than revolution and I'm not sure there is really a need for yet another format when MMC/SD cards are already so small. Soon they are going to be too small to handle. Wonder what the inventors will come up with then? Finally a note that SD card prices continue to drop slowly in Japan with 256MB cards at 16,500 yen and 512MB cards at 36,900 yen.

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