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To: Tumbleweed who wrote (9664)	3/15/2000 7:56:00 AM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

Just a thought about Microsoft Pocket PC... If I were in SanDisk marketing I would be putting together a package whereby Microsoft could buy a couple hundred thousand 32 MB CompactFlash cards adorned with a Microsoft private label (perhaps the new Microsoft Pocket PC logo) and preload either software or a promotional video that gives a "walk through" of the features of the Pocket PC OS and while underscoring the newest features. Microsoft did similar promotions last year where any WinCE purchase (that is, purchase of a device sporting the Windows CE OS from the likes of Casio, Compaq, HP,...) qualified either for a Microsoft USA Streets & Maps CD-ROM with an 8MB Kingston CF card or a Xircom 56K CF+ phone modem. They could even preload a video of Bill Gates and Eli in a "How long can you hoola-hop?" contest, although I doubt that would take up all 32 MB. (On second thought the image of Bill and Eli barechested in astroturf-green synthetic grass skirts and polyester leis with that wave-like undulating hand motion may spell a marketing debacle.) The face of a CF card represents the most important 1" x 1" consumer billboard on the planet. The empty silicon storage on a new CF card represents the greatest underutilization of potential marketing power in the solar system. Ausdauer

To: Tumbleweed who wrote (9664)	3/15/2000 9:21:00 PM
From: SBHX	Respond to of 60323

1 MBit prototyped, 4MBit under research. That's still a long way from 96MBYTE. 8MByte PDA's or hybrid PDA+phone could use these things very quickly and last longer between recharges, but first, lower power color LCDs have to be invented first, then the low-power picture will be complete. I think flash still has a long time to go before it'll have to worry about FRAM. It's still different solutions here. flash=big-hd-type-storage. fram=system-ram. FRAM will probably be very expensive per MByte. I was out a couple of days ago (my stops kicked in). Looking for a good point of entry again.