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Technology Stocks : WDC/Sandisk Corporation -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Walter Morton who wrote (5721)	5/15/1999 8:59:00 AM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Walter, One of our thread members posted the information about RIO's formatting problems. You need a separate software program to reformat the SmartMedia card so that it can be used in a digital camera again. Unfortunately the retail outlet where you buy a RIO (or a digital camera lacking forward compatibility for SmartMedia) will not tell you this at the time of your purchase. They are going to learn the hard way when people start returning these purchases. The best solution is to just buy a digicam utilizing CompactFlash and an mp3 player using CompactFlash as well. Right now there are 48MB, 64MB and 96MB SanDisk CompactFlash available vs. 16MB and possibly 32MB SmartMedia cards. For CD quality music you need about 1 MB per minute of play time, therefore CompactFlash is the clear choice. I own an mp3 player with a double decker MMC arrangement and I am waiting until MMC to be available in higher capacity. If I had known that the Cassiopeia E-100 would sport mp3 capability I would have waited and bought that instead. IMHO, the Windows CE compatible mp3 software applications are the "KILLER APPS" for SanDisk and will create a new megamarket for CompactFlash. My NEC handheld has the ability to use 2 CF cards simultaneously. SanDisk will mint the currency common to all mobile computing platforms; flash memory in the form of CompactFlash and the MMC. The writing is on the wall. Ausdauer

To: Walter Morton who wrote (5721)	5/15/1999 9:25:00 AM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Walter, I know that you are a fan of the microOS from eDIG. Thanks for sending the link to me. This is an excerpt from the linked pages... INNOVATIONS The company has a record of innovation in its field. e.Digital Corporation was the first to: ¤Use Flash memory in a handheld voice recording device. ¤Use removable digital recording media in a handheld device. ¤Interface a portable voice recorder with a PC and the Internet using removable storage media. ¤Record and play back CD quality music using CompactFlash™ storage media. PATENTS The company has been granted five patents on its handheld recording systems, with additional patents pending. The current patents cover both hardware and software developed by the company. Patent-protected intellectual property includes handheld recording devices, e.Digital's MicroOS file management system, the use of removable flash memory cartridges in a handheld device, and their streamlined methods for recording and editing files in portable systems where memory is at a premium. Did you notice that they mention CompactFlash™ as a storage medium? It suggests to me that their products seek to enhance storage products, and that is fine. I do take exception to some of their grandiose claims. First to do this, first to do that...I mean, the first handheld device using flash memory for voice recording. Why not just say they helped develop "x" or "y". For all I know that device could be "Tickle Me Elmo". Also, they claim that they patented the use of removable flash memory cartridges in handheld devices??? I quess eDIG is specializing in software that helps to manage data stored on flash memory modules such as CF, MMC, SmartMedia, embedded chips, and the like. Help us understand how this innovation helps or hurts SNDK. Ausdauer