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To: Jason W who wrote (19000)	3/22/2001 7:47:41 PM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Jason, I think that there are some distinctions between CF, MMC and SDMC... ...with regard to the proprietary features and the market demand for the products. CF *least proprietary of 3 ('987 only) market primarily digital cameras (divided into a smaller target market between CF/SmartMedia/Memory Stick camps), PocketPC/WinCE handhelds (overshadowed by Palm and Handspring) and MP3 players (overshadowed by SmartMedia and non-flash players) many producers (unlicensed card assembers) too big for handsets MMC* *intermediately proprietary ('987 + MMC interface) major market handheld computing and MP3 rides on coattails of SDMC (non-secure solution) multiple manufacturers (essentially same as CF) more suitable for smaller devices such as handsets successor to CompactFlash??? SDMC* *most proprietary (Toshiba/SanDisk/Matsushita) major markets handheld devices, handsets, MP3 secure solution for copywritten digital commerce growing support base **fewer producers (Panasonic? Toshiba? SanDisk?) Aus