SEOUL-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. released a tiny new memory card for mobile phones, which the company said can store up to 128 megabytes. The company said the card, which is even smaller than the stamp-sized cards available in some current high-end mobile phones, will be available starting early next year.
Samsung’s new MMCmicro memory card measures 12 by 14 by 1.1 millimeters and can read at 10 MB per second and write at 7 MB per second. The company said it is working with the Multimedia Card Association to standardize the technology.
Samsung’s announcement follows the release of a similar product from memory card company SanDisk Corp. Motorola Inc. has already begun selling SanDisk’s fingernail-sized T-Flash removable memory cards in several phone models.
In other memory card news, memory card company SimpleTech Inc. released its new stamp-sized miniSD and RS-MMC Flash memory cards. The cards are both available in capacities from 128 MB to 512 MB. The cards will sell for between $25 and $75.
