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Ok, they soon need to make one of the memory cards for mobile phones the standard cause the way it's going now is not good. Phones can now have MMC, SD or MS(D). That's crazy. If I buy a phone, let's say the SX1, I'll have to buy a 128MB or more MMC. But when I buy later in the year a Motorola MPx220 I'll have to get a 128MB or more SD. Later on I'll get a new SE (The T12932408 for instance
) and I'll have to buy a 128MB or more MS(D). This is not good, cause you'll always lose your money when you sell it second hand. I can imagine people will buy the phone that supports the card they already own. This might effect some people in their choice to buy one of the phones and since the MS(D)'s are the most expensive ones and (as I recall) only are available for SE phones, some people might decide not to buy a SE. They need to make the phones so that they support all formats (can you imagine how thick the phones will be) or make one the standard cause we'll lose as consumers.
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Posted: 2004-02-17 10:57:16
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good point. and some digital cameras can accept both mmc and sd. phones should be like this too.
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Posted: 2004-02-17 11:01:27
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How abou this then?
NTT News Release
New hologram memory "Info-MICA" prototype completed
-- Postage stamp-size plastic media with 1 GB memory capacity --
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT; Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Norio Wada) is pleased to announce the results of its work on the research and development of a new high capacity memory storage device, designed with a multi-layered waveguide structure (*1) and based on a thin film holography (*2). NTT has successfully produced a 100-layer postage stamp-sized media prototype with 1 GB memory capacity constructed from plastic material, and a small prototype drive for reading data from the Info-MICA media. Following the progress in creating both the media and drive prototypes, NTT is now planning the future commercialization of these products based on the "Comprehensive Producer Function" and is currently working with technology manufacturers with a view to releasing both products next year using the name "Info-MICA: Information-Multilayered Imprinted CArd) (*3).
Note that this work utilizes some outcomes from the project sponsored by METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) (*4).
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The third application is for releasing multimedia content such as games, music, movies and electronic publications. This application will benefit from Info-MICA's high storage capacity and the difficulty for reproducing illegal Info-MICA copies. Info-MICA drives will be installed in cellular phones and portable game machines where it will satisfy their demanding requirements for low power consumption and limitations in size. The use of an Info-MICA drive in portable devices will enable users to enjoy rich multimedia content at any time and any place. In particular key organizations in the music industry, which continues to be challenged by the problem of content piracy, is examining Info-MICA as a promising next-generation standard media for minimizing the illegal copying of content.
(more in the link at the top of this post)
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Posted: 2004-02-17 11:42:12
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There is a 1GB memory stick, regular one, If u applied the Memory Stick jacket would it work? Imagine one Gega on ure phone hah.
The capabilities.
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Posted: 2004-02-17 13:39:47
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MMC and SD cards use the same slot (I think,correct me if I'm wrong),because on my Pocket Loox there are two slots,one for MMC/SD and one for CF.So if you buy MMC/SD it'll work both on SX and mpx220,but for
you'll have to buy MSD.
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Posted: 2004-02-17 13:52:02
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not exactly, SD is slightly thicker. This means that while you can use MMC in SD slots you cannot do it the other way around
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Posted: 2004-02-17 14:07:00
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