Wireless

February 24, 2006
Kingston launches microSD to support smartphones

TAIWAN -- Kingston Technology recently announced its major support of the growing multifunction mobile or smartphone market with the release of microSD expansion memory cards as well as larger capacity miniSD and MMCmobile cards, all shipping immediately.

Dave Lee, digital media product manager, APAC business division, Kingston, said: "New multifunction mobile handsets are starting to touch the market and Kingston is ready with multiple formats of expansion memory to support these advanced wireless devices. There are numerous expansion card platforms and therefore, many choices. Consumers need a trusted resource to help them optimize their smartphones, and can count on Kingston to provide the necessary storage for mobile devices to run better and access files quickly and easily whether it’s data, images, music or video."

Kingston’s new microSD cards are shipped bundled with an SD adapter for use as a full-size SD card. To protect against accidental data loss, the adapter has a built-in write-protect switch. The 256-MB card is the first offering in the microSD product line, with larger capacities to follow.

Anticipating the need for greater storage capabilities as new multifunction phones emerge, Kingston is offering 1GB versions of MMCmobile and miniSD cards. These cards will provide increased storage capacity for new feature-rich multifunction mobile devices.

Given the myriad of expansion memory formats selected by wireless handset makers, Kingston is offering a variety of mobile memory solutions, ranging from miniSD, microSD, and MMCmobile cards, in addition to the standard SD and MMC cards currently used for expansion memory purposes in some multifunction cellular phones. As new advanced wireless devices are introduced, Kingston will produce larger capacity mobile memory solutions to support them.

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Kingston Technology
www.kingston.com