Kingston launches microSD to support new Smartphones

"New multifunction mobile handsets are just starting to touch the market and Kingston is ready with multiple formats of expansion memory to support these advanced wireless devices," said Dave Lee, digital media product manager, APAC Business Division, Kingston. "There are numerous expansion card platforms and therefore, many choices. Consumers need a trusted resource to help them optimise their Smartphones and they 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," continued Dave.

"You can't have too much storage with all the advanced services and features available to mobile users nowadays. And with many handsets including Smartphones continuing to measure onboard memory in the tens of megabytes, expansion memory continues to be an invaluable tool to get the most out of these devices," said James Alan Miller, managing editor, PDAStreet/Smart PhoneToday.

New Offering: microSD
Kingston's new microSD cards ship 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.

Bigger Capacities: 1-GB MMCmobile, miniSD Cards
Anticipating the need for greater storage capabilities as new multifunction phones emerge, Kingston is offering 1-GB versions of both its MMCmobile and miniSD cards. The 1-GB 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.