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To: John Stichnoth who wrote (7726)	10/17/1999 8:29:00 AM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 60323

John, Thanks for following up with some information on the Memory Stick. There has been an incredible effort by Sony to promote this product and I am certain they have already spent millions of dollars with the promotion. Also, the development costs must be substantial given the fact that they are bringing forth this standard independently and the only direct interfaces to date are via Sony products. The question I have is what solution does the Memory Stick offer that is not already possible with current technology (CompactFlash or the SD card)? And if you were a digital camera OEM would you completely abandon CompactFlash and use the Memory Stick to "distinguish" yourself from the rest of the pack? I think "extinquish" may be more fitting. As one reviewer in your post commented... yougeek.com Memory Stick seems like a good idea in some ways, especially if it can weave its way into a range of consumer devices. Does anyone want another interface? Not really. That is the trouble with Memory Stick. To make something like this work, you need to get PC makers, consumer electronics makers, and digital camera manufacturers together to make one technology win out. Why can't we stick with PCMCIA flash memory? The slots are already in laptops. Let's get them in PCs and my stereo and DVD player and I'd be happy. The only advantage I see over CompactFlash currently is the fact that it can be fitted with a floppy adapter. The same will be true of MMC and, I expect, the SecureDigital card. Ausdauer SanDisk...See the Big Picture

To: John Stichnoth who wrote (7726)	10/17/1999 8:58:00 AM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

John Stichnoth and Thread, I am still waiting for the Secure Digital Memory Card website to open up. There is a very small mention of the card and a second photograph of the device (first photograph I saw recently was in the October 18, 1999 edition of Forbes Magazine on page 156) in the current issue of Digital Camera Magazine (page 12)... sandisk.com SanDisk announced their Secure Digital Memory Card standard, developed in partnership with Panasonic and Toshiba. The new card is based on SanDisk's MultiMediaCard, only with nine pins instead of seven. When released to the public in the second quarter of 2000, the first size will be 32MB, with 64MB expected to be released soon after. By 2001, it is believed cpacities of 256MB will be possible in the same 24mm x 32mm x 2.1mm package. Data transfer rates will start at 2MB per second, with expected future potential of 10MB per second. As the name emphasizes, Secure Digital will conform to the SDMI (Secure Digital Music Initiative) standard for security and copy protection. The cards are designed for storing photographs, movies, data and music. Ausdauer SanDisk...see the Big Picture