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To: Zakrosian who wrote (13207)	7/21/2000 10:06:20 AM
From: Ausdauer	Respond to of 60323

Zakrosian, Thanks for that interesting link. Since I am not a Sony digital camera customer I was unaware of the following... "Some users of Memory Stick-equipped digital cameras have also complained of slow read/write times that force them to wait several seconds between taking pictures." This has not been mentioned in any write-ups I have seen. Unduly long "click-to-click" times are particularly annoying to end-users. Recall that Sony is relying on Lexar Media controller technology to increase read/write times on the improved Memory Stick. I still find myself scratching my head over this alliance. (And hope to be rubbing my palms together at some point in the future.) Aus

To: Zakrosian who wrote (13207)	7/21/2000 10:32:14 AM
From: Sam	Respond to of 60323

It is amazing to me that the writers of the Washington Post article speak about several companies developing Compact Flash without mentioning Sandisk. And while listing CF, CFII, MMC and SD as 4 of 6 possible standards, they don't even mention the centrality of SNDK to each one.

To: Zakrosian who wrote (13207)	7/21/2000 2:25:57 PM
From: Binx Bolling	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

The article finishes by saying: "But even when one format becomes a new standard, you may still be out of luck swapping storage cards from one device to another. Even among digital cameras using the same technology to store the same kinds of data, each brand formats the memory cards currently on the market in its own particular way, so it's not easy or recommended to switch back and forth. We can dream that gadget makers will work out this sort of annoyance, but it seems safer to guess that these headaches will never be just a distant memory." © 2000 The Washington Post Company Anyone take issue with that claim?

To: Zakrosian who wrote (13207)	7/21/2000 11:10:34 PM
From: Gary Spiers	Respond to of 60323

But CompactFlash cards have some real advantages on the competition--they have the most capacity of the formats currently on the market, with current units holding just under 200 megabytes, while its slightly thicker CompactFlash II variation can hold up to 448 megabytes. Wrong answer - guess that columnist needs to do more homework (as usual). The largest capacity format on the market is the pc-card format with a 1 Gbyte card. Greetings to all longs. GaryS (Way too busy lately)