New Memory Stick Micro format: for cellphones

[Joel]

SanDisk Corporation and Sony Corporation announced the development of the "Memory Stick Micro" format, an ultra-small IC recording media designed to meet the growing storage needs of highly compact, multifunctional mobile phones. Licensing for the development of "Memory Stick Micro" compatible hardware will begin October 3, 2005.

Read more at MemoryStick.org (http://www.memorystick.org/eng/aboutms/micro.html).

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M2
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Size comparison

[intellidryad]

This is crazy.

Now you could lose a memory card in more crazy places. Maybe you could plug it into a power socket and get it stuck in there?

They should also add chocking hazard warnings in case people swallow them (lol)

I don't get it. An MS duo and a micro are both small enough relative to modern phones, so why smaller?

[Joel]

I can only think of plans to integrate this in newer devices. Perhaps in the new SonyEricsson phones .... I have to say it though, this would have been perfect in a Clie. :D