Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson team up on memory card standard

by Sean Cooper posted Sep 14th 2007 at 11:43AM

2009 may be the year when we finally see a unified memory format, that is, if Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson have their way. The "Universal Flash Storage specification" would see memory cards travel between cellular devices, digital cameras and other memory hungry devices without the need for adapters -- and it'll likely save us some coin, too. Some big name memory manufacturers are purportedly onboard, with names like Micron Technology Inc., Spansion LLC, STMicroelectronics NV, and Texas Instruments Inc., being bandied about. We look forward to that magical day, when our stacks of memory cards can be reduced to a stack of one type of card, ahhh... progress.

Filed under: Peripherals, Nokia, Others, Samsung, Sony Ericsson

Tags: memory, memory card, memory format, MemoryCard, MemoryFormat, unified

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ShortFuse @ Sep 14th 2007 1:54PM

We do have a unified memorycard standard it's MicroSD and now with SDHC it supports up to 32GB. MicroSD can be fit in MiniSD adapters and well as standard SD adapters. The most annoying aspect of SE phones is the fact they have their own proprietary Memory Stick format.

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fyreblazer @ Sep 14th 2007 3:25PM

I agree with ShortFuse, microSD is perfectly fine, just as mini usb is catching on as well. No need to muck it up with another format.

And I can't believe Sony is on board.

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Ryan @ Sep 14th 2007 3:21PM

Any you know Sony wants their memory stick to be the choice with how power hungry they are with proprietary formats.

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Donald @ Sep 14th 2007 3:34PM

I think Sony realizes now that Memory Stick (blank) isn't going to fly much longer. Heck, their new flagship handset (the k850) does microSD + m2 - can't be long until they go microSD only.

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blackeagle @ Sep 14th 2007 4:47PM

enough with the standards!

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Walt @ Sep 14th 2007 4:58PM

We need a standard.

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Walt @ Sep 14th 2007 5:00PM

Only want one standard

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Patrick Horne @ Sep 14th 2007 6:07PM

Wow! I can't wait for "Universal Flash Storage". Then we can look forward to Universal Flash Storage Mini, Universal Flash Storage Micro, Universal Flash Storage Duo, Universal Flash Storage Ultra, Universal Flash Storage Pro, Universal Flash Storage II, and Universal Flash Storage HC. This should really help unify everything. :-\

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iPhoneResidentObssesive @ Sep 14th 2007 8:04PM

why cant they just hav regular old sd? at least the treo has it rite on that one

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