Prophet,
You posted...
"Broadband Wireless will be one of the biggest drivers for more flash cards. As people are able to download more and more information (music, data, video, pictures, email, fax, voicemail, etc.) they will want and need to store it on local storage for easy transport between different devices. And once they own the content they will want to download it locally as opposed to giving it back to the network."
This makes a lot of sense to me. However, I don't think this answer gets at the Bluetooth/embedded combination. To be honest, I am not particularly worried about a combination of technologies such as Bluetooth and SST's ADC product mainly because it would require OEM's to add both Bluetooth connectivity and a FIXED amount of flash memory to the final product. This could be cost prohibitive for the OEM. An empty CF slot and a USB port or a $25.00 USB card reader is a better solution for the time being. Also, I am not sure that Bluetooth will be a factor until all the "base stations" (the desktop PC's) get upgraded to handle local wireless traffic within a home. Although the concept offers much promise there will be added cost incurred by the consumer and the added headache of trying to get all the devices to talk to each other. Remember that we are a society that has had difficulty getting our remote controls to talk to our VCR's.
Finally, I think that if we are to post e-mails verbatim on the thread that we should consider asking permission to do so. I don't think there is anything wrong with posting public information (especially given the rules against selective disclosure), but as a courtesy it would be nice to ask whether it is o.k. to post a response on a public thread. Another option is to paraphrase the information and leave the source anonymous.
Just a thought.
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