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SanDisk WORM Write-Once SD Cards Can't Be Altered, Last 100 Years
SanDisk has created the first write-once SD memory card after over a year of talking about it. The WORM (Write Once Read Many) cards cannot be altered or deleted and are designed for information that must be kept intact, such as electronic voting records and police work. They are only 128MB for now, but bigger sizes will likely show by the end of the year. SanDisk claims that the stored information will last 100 years, so if McCain is elected president, you'll have something to send your great grandchildren in Iraq. Pricing available upon request—yikes!—press release down below. More »
mp3 players
SanDisk Buys MusicGremlin; Revisits Wi-Fi Music Player Thing
Today SanDisk announced it would acquire the company that developed the chunky MusicGremlin Wi-Fi MP3 player, a device that made a smallish splash a few years ago for being the Zune before there was a Zune. More »
Sansa TakeTV
SanDisk Snuffs TakeTV, Leaves No Trace of Fanfare
Poor TakeTV. This past Fall, it launched just ahead of the flood of media extenders that bring PC content to the TV. And while many felt it worked decently, it couldn't keep up with the big dogs in the end as Sandisk confirmed today they killed the TakeTV line...in mid-May. Additionally, they shut down the Fanfare media portal attached to it. But with Slingcatcher supposedly around the corner, I have trouble getting too sentimental. [NewTeeVee]
ssd
SanDisks New pSSD is Aimed at Low-Cost Notebooks
SanDisk's new pSSD is a pATA drive aimed at the low-cost notebook PC sector— that range of ULPCs, MIDs and the like. Using Multi-Level Cell and Single-Level flash chip designs, the pSSD will have a read speed of about 39MB/sec and a streaming write speed of about 17MB/sec. Though there's no pricing info available, they'll be released at the beginning of August in 8, 16 and 32 GB capacities. Read on for the full press release. More »
memory
SanDisk Extreme III Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo Caught Speeding at 30MBps
SanDisk has unchained their new Extreme III PRO-HG Duo cards and they are tearing ass all over the place with superfast 30MBps read and write transfer speeds. For those of you keeping track, SanDisk's non-HG Extreme III's can only muster 18MBps speeds. Naturally, the PRO-HG will be aimed squarely at users with high end cameras and camcorders who don't mind dropping $90 and $150 on a 4GB or 8GB card. Available starting in June. [SanDisk via Electronista]
mp3 players
Sandisk Sansa Fuze Now Official
The much-rumored Sandisk Sansa Fuze has finally been brought out of the shadows, coming in 2, 4 and 8 GB sizes for $79, $99 and $129, respectively.[Gearlog]More »
leaks
SanDisk Prepping Sansa Fuze?
SanDisk may have a new PMP on the way. An accessory bundle for something called a Sansa Fuze was spotted on maker HandStands' website earlier—currently the address redirects to generic Sansa accessories. The player pictured in the ad looks like competition for a 3G iPod nano, and will likely include 8-16GB of memory as well as video and radio playback. When we know for sure, you will too. [anythingbutipod]
peripherals
SanDisk's 8GB Ultra II SDHC Doesn't Even Need a Reader
Making flash memory USB compatible without a card reader seems to be the hot thing to do nowdays, and SanDisk is following up on the craze with their Ultra II SD card with USB interface. It's 8GB, has a $99 MSRP, and can fold in half to reveal the USB connector that you can easily shove into the USB slot on your machine. Because if we have to carry around one more thing in our bags when making the mad dash to grab a seat at Macworld, we may just collapse halfway in and have to blog prone on our stomachs in the aisle. [BusinessWire via jkontherun]
memory
Sandisk 32GB SDHC Eats HD Video For Breakfast
This new Sandisk 32GB SDHC card may give you colossal space for HD video capture, but we'll see if the Class 4 speed rating holds up under such pressure. The card is driving down memory prices though - despite costing $349, it's half the cost of Toshiba's model a few months ago. It won't be available until April, and by then at least one memory hungry camera will need such huge capacity. [Wired]
storage
SanDisk's New 12GB microSDHC Card Is World's Largest, Jumping to 16GB This Summer
The Scoop: SanDisk's latest microSDHC card has 12GB of storage, the fattest microSDHC card ever. But! It's only a proof of concept. According to the booth reps, the actual release model in June will be a whopping 16GB, double the previous biggun'.The Catch: Um, none, except more gigs=more dollars. [SanDisk]
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What Up: SanDisk's Sansa Clip update is on the money: Storage capacity bumped to 4GB, and it's only 80 bucks, an awesome mp3-player dollars-to-data ratio. Plus, the new silver sheen makes the old black plastic Clip look positively uncivilized. What Blows: The battery life only eeks past "decent" at 15 hours. [SanDisk]
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SanDisk Sansa Clip Gets Silvery, Goes F'n Nuts: 4GB for $80 (Update: Hands-On Gallery)
What Up: SanDisk's Sansa Clip update is on the money: Storage capacity bumped to 4GB, and it's only 80 bucks, an awesome mp3-player dollars-to-data ratio. Plus, the new silver sheen makes the old black plastic Clip look positively uncivilized. What Blows: The battery life only eeks past "decent" at 15 hours. [SanDisk]Photography by Curtis Walker
portable media
SanDisk Sansa View Gets Upgraded to 32GB (Update: Hands-On Gallery)
Story: It's the same SanDisk Sansa View, just with another 16GB of storage crammed in for a total of 32GB. Cost? 350 smackers next month. Bore-y: It's the exact same player, it just holds more crap—for a price. [SanDisk] Photography by Curtis Walker
peripherals
SanDisk Cruzer Titanium Plus Backs Up Its Contents Online
The SanDisk Cruzer Titanium Plus is more than just an ordinary USB drive—it forces you to be responsible by backing up everything you place on it in a secure location far away from that maelstrom you call everyday life. So stick 4GB on board this $60 pocket-sized lifeboat, and as soon as it's able, it automatically sends all that data up to the mother ship, an online backup service that's free for the first six months. After that, you'll have to pay $29.99 per year. SanDisk needs to know one thing, though: Titanium is not a golden color as you see here, guys. Anyway, backing up is a great new year's resolution, so don't wait for this trinket to ship in March to get started. [SanDisk]
tv pics
SanDisk Photo Album Displays Photos on Your TV
The SanDisk Photo Album might just be worth carrying around in your camera bag on your Christmas journeys this year, because it takes those photos you've shot off the small screen of the camera back and tosses them up on the big screen of any TV. It accepts just about any kind of memory card your camera might use, and even plays back MP3s. More »
digital downloads
NBC Jumps Into SanDisk's Fanfare TV Download Service
Though you can no longer buy episodes of "The Office," "Heroes" or "30 Rock" on iTunes, you will be able to purchase them in January from SanDisk's Fanfare service. Of course, if you recall, you can't download the shows to your computer. You will have to watch them on the $100 to $150 SanDisk Sansa TakeTV, which has some sluggish controls and video quality that isn't exactly hot. I'm stoked that SanDisk scored NBC because I want to see where Fanfare can go, but this sort of bush-league alliance, forged in flagrant defiance of its former friend Apple, makes NBC-Universal look like some kind of slutty ex. [Reuters]
ces preview 2008
Today SanDisk revealed Vaulter, a 8GB or 16GB flash drive that can hold your entire OS, designed to sit on the PCIe port inside a laptop. In Windows, this creates a separate letter drive, which speeds the hell out of your computer, without taking the place of your 2.5" SATA-connected HDD. It's not a Santa Rosa "Robson" thing either—it's a real drive, not some caching assistant. (In case you're wondering, Mac support is coming.) Performance acceleration comes from "pre-controlling the distribution of storage data between itself and the hard drive." The fact that it's on the PCIe port means that both storage devices can work in parallel. Now, the bad news: SanDisk is only offering it to OEM partners at first. We won't be able to buy them a la carte for a little while. [SanDisk]
SanDisk Vaulter 16GB SSD Sneaks In Via PCIe Port
Today SanDisk revealed Vaulter, a 8GB or 16GB flash drive that can hold your entire OS, designed to sit on the PCIe port inside a laptop. In Windows, this creates a separate letter drive, which speeds the hell out of your computer, without taking the place of your 2.5" SATA-connected HDD. It's not a Santa Rosa "Robson" thing either—it's a real drive, not some caching assistant. (In case you're wondering, Mac support is coming.) Performance acceleration comes from "pre-controlling the distribution of storage data between itself and the hard drive." The fact that it's on the PCIe port means that both storage devices can work in parallel. Now, the bad news: SanDisk is only offering it to OEM partners at first. We won't be able to buy them a la carte for a little while. [SanDisk]
SanDisk has begun shipping its 8GB microSDHC and M2 flash memory cards. The company hopes that they will find a market among users of memory-card-ready mobile phones. Available now for $140 and $150, respectively. [Electronista]
