TOKYO—Sony announced it will launch a new storage device for mobile handsets, as well as portable music players, in July. Sony has been providing the Memory Stick storage device.
The new storage device would be one-third the size of the conventional Memory Stick and a half the weight of the conventional one. Sony has shipped 20 million units of Memory Stick since 1998. Memory Stick-enabled machines and devices have been increasing. Sony is targeting to ship 120 million units of Memory Stick by 2004.
