SanDisk soon to ship 4Gb M2 memory cards
March 29, 2007 by Dario Soltani
SanDisk announced they’ll ship a 4Gb M2 memory card in May with the capacity to hold up to 1,000 songs, 2,000 high-resolution photos or 20 hours of MPEG4 video. The 4GB M2 is compatible with Sony Ericsson’s latest generation of slim line, multimedia mobile handsets such as the Cyber-shotâ„¢ and Walkman® series. SanDisk announced the 4GB M2 at CTIA Wireless 2007, where the company is exhibiting its mobile products in Booth #603 at the Orange County Convention Center.
“This new card, and other SanDisk cards for mobile phones such as our 4GB microSDâ„¢ High Capacity (SDHCâ„¢), are reshaping the wireless landscape,†said Norm Frentz, director of marketing for SanDisk’s mobile consumer solutions division. “This is the threshold at which mobile phones provide enough capacity to become the user’s all-in-one portable music player, camcorder, photo album and video player.â€
The SanDisk M2 card line is designed for use with mobile handsets that have an M2 slot. By using an optional Memory Stick PRO Duoâ„¢ adapter, M2 cards are fully backwards compatible with all digital cameras and hand-held game players that have a Memory Stick slot.
The M2 format was co-developed by SanDisk and Sony Corporation to meet the growing storage needs of highly compact, multimedia mobile phones. M2 measures 0.59" long x 0.49" wide x 0.05" high, or 15mm x 12.5mm x 1.2mm, making it the second smallest flash memory media in the world, behind the microSD format, which SanDisk pioneered.
The 4GB M2 card will ship to OEMs in May, and will be available in retail stores later in the year. Pricing is not yet determined. Unfortunately the N95 does not support memory cards bigger than 2Gb.
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hello!
i wonder if a m2 4gb fits in a w200i?
and how much will it cost?, not exactly..just so i know about it
Hi.
I really dont know… Haven’t found any info on this subject on the net either. All I found it that the Sony Ericsson W200i does support M2 memory cards, nothing about the sizes.
Found some more info:
Memory Stick Micro (M2)
SanDisk Memory Stick Micro or “M2” is the ideal memory card solution for Sony Ericsson’s new generation of slim line, multimedia mobile phones
needing expandable storage for music, videos, and quality photos. The advantage of the M2 is compatibility with all M2 slotted mobile phones as well as all Memory Stick PRO Duo slotted devices when accompanied with the included M2 adapter.
Features:
-Includes Memory Stick PRO Duo adapter for universal compatibility with M2 slots and Memory Stick PRO Duo slots
-Dual voltage operation; 1.8v for new Sony Ericsson mobile phones, 3.3v for Memory Stick PRO Duo compatible device
-Controlled ejection design allows for easier removal
-Sony Magicgate™ encryption technology support
Product Specifications:
Capacity: 2GB
Read/write: 10MB/sec read, 3MB/sec write
Card dimensions: 0.59” x 0.49” x 0.05” (L x W x H)
Voltage: 1.8v, 3.3v
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It should be compatible, but it also depends on the file system. If the W200i runs FAT16 it only supports up to 2Gb memory, but if it runs FAT32 it should be 4Gb compatible. Anyone know what file system the Sony Ericsson W200i uses?