SanDisk intros 6, 8GB microSDHC cards, 4GB M2 card

SanDisk has busted out a couple of advances on two memory card fronts today, introducing some 6 and 8GB microSDHC cards, along with a 4GB Memory Stick Micro card (otherwise known as M2). Not one to miss an opportunity to seize the moment, SanDisk's Jeff Kost says that with the new microSDHC cards, "any mobile phone with a compatible microSDHC slot will have just as much storage as the largest-capacity iPhone." Unfortunately, there's no word one what they'll cost just yet, although there's less uncertainty about the 4GB M2 card, which should soon be available for $100.

Read - SanDisk 6 and 8GB microSDHC cards
Read - SanDisk 4GB M2 card

[strider_mt2k @ Jun 27th 2007 11:39AM]

-just don't drop it in deep pile shag.

NOBODY MOVE!

[JAmerican @ Jun 27th 2007 8:08PM]

LOL. I am assuming this is strider from 1src ;)

I use microSD and luckily it stays in my device. It is way too small to even hold in your hand.

JAmerican

[KnightmareCS @ Jun 27th 2007 11:39AM]

seems useful
how would we know if current devices are microsdhc?

[KnightmareCS @ Jun 27th 2007 11:40AM]

by that i mean ones we own already?

[strider_mt2k @ Jun 27th 2007 11:46AM]

Uh, read up on the standard?
You are on the internet.

[Mile @ Jun 27th 2007 12:49PM]

So this is the internet? Cool.

[Dustin Frazier @ Jun 27th 2007 12:59PM]

WTF Is the internet?!?!

[letstakeawalk @ Jun 27th 2007 2:06PM]

I think he means "teh intarweb". Kthnxsbai

[Sam @ Jun 27th 2007 2:20PM]

http://www.sandisk.com/Compatibility/

[Boynamedsue @ Jun 27th 2007 11:40AM]

Being a relative computer youngin, I remember my first hard drive as 40mb. (i missed out on the punchcard days)

It blows my mind everytime they cram more and more gigabytes into cards the size of a fingernail.

[Chuckles McGee @ Jun 27th 2007 11:49AM]

Yeah yeah, you old timer. I bet your "network" consisted of a bunch of pterodactyls carrying papyrus scrolls.

I remember when we had 8 MB, (yes, MB) Compact flash cards not too many years ago. More than 5 gosh darn floppies on something not much bigger than a postage stamp- and we liked it that way, liked it just fine!

[Chuckles McGee @ Jun 27th 2007 11:49AM]

Yeah yeah, you old timer. I bet your "network" consisted of a bunch of pterodactyls carrying papyrus scrolls.

I remember when we had 8 MB, (yes, MB) Compact flash cards not too many years ago. More than 5 gosh darn floppies on something not much bigger than a postage stamp- and we liked it that way, liked it just fine!

[robert.stewart2 @ Jun 27th 2007 11:45AM]

wow those will be nice. well once they come down in price a little.

[Wow @ Jun 27th 2007 11:49AM]

"opportunity to cease the moment"

Do you guys know the definition of cease? to stop; discontinue

How are you getting paid to write articles and you don't know the difference between "cease" and "seize"?

[Jarrett Kaufman @ Jun 27th 2007 11:52AM]

6GB? Has there ever been flash media in a non-binary digit like that before? I've seen them run the gamut all over the place, but never a non-doubled number. 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1024MB (1GB), 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, and so on. Has anyone else ever seen a flash card or flash drive that didn't fit this scheme before?

[craig @ Jun 27th 2007 2:39PM]

yes. http://www.sandisk.com/Products/ProductInfo.aspx?ID=2204

[raphael.cohen @ Jun 27th 2007 11:53AM]

6 and 8Gb !! hey, that's a lot !! you can even store the iPhone OS on that... or maybe not... ;-p

[Sure Can @ Jun 27th 2007 12:03PM]

You could fit the entire iPhone contents on the 8GB...

How is it the iPhone worked itself into a SanDisk post?

[raphael.cohen @ Jun 27th 2007 12:14PM]

well in fact you can't, cauze the iPhone doesn't even have a slot for any card :-p

[Flooty333 @ Jun 27th 2007 12:01PM]

6 and 8gb is great and all, BUT THEY HAVENT EVEN RELEASED THEIR 4GB MICRO SD CARD THAT THEY "ANNOUNCED" MONTHS AGO!
Cmon Sandisk, at this pace you'll be chasing the Iphone 2.0 which will have 16gb.

[steve @ Jun 27th 2007 12:12PM]

They have too released their 4GB card, I purchased it from this only store a month ago and it works great in my LG VX-8700.

http://www.macup1.com/servlet/-strse-74/SanDisk-4GB-MicroSD-High/Detail

[foxdude0486 @ Jun 27th 2007 12:04PM]

Once I see the cheap chinese versions on ebay I'll grab mine for $50 shipped or something. For now I'll live with my 1gb microsd from ebay for the $15 shipped I paid.

[Tom W @ Jun 27th 2007 12:10PM]

It won't be long before I'm able to fit my entire 44GB music collection on my cell phone!

[Moff @ Jun 27th 2007 12:51PM]

You have a 44GB collection? What do you do with that? You should really try to prune that down! :D

I filled my 20 gb portable once. Made it a pain to use and find the songs I actually wanted to listen to.

[TrevynPaige @ Jun 27th 2007 1:43PM]

44GB? Dam...I can't wait until I can fit my, currently, 237GB music library on my phone. On a chip the size of a baby's fingernail no less!

Come Chinese...er...Sandisk!

[James @ Jun 27th 2007 12:17PM]

Wow, go SanDisk, I guess. I got my first 1GB microSD card a few weeks back, and was really shocked by how tiny it was. 8GB? That's just showing off.

Somebody asked earlier, but let me rephrase for clarity: what are some of the more common devices that support the SDHC flavor of these cards? I have yet to hear of any.

[Anthony @ Jun 27th 2007 12:35PM]

Sandisk's site has a "compatibility chart" for phones (& I assume other devices). Well, the do for the Nokia N95.

I imagine there are other sources, but I can say it's always a bit iffy. Companies won't always say how big the cards can get & still be compatible w/ their products. Nokia is notorious for this (they'll say 1gb max, but 2 works fine).

http://www.sandisk.com/Compatibility/Device(8461)-Nokia-N95.aspx

As for the release in general: I can understand some things having pre-release announcements (cars, for example), but memory cards? I think that's a stretch. Why not just release the thing.

[jpbodybuilder @ Jun 27th 2007 12:59PM]

The new Sprint Mogul PPC-6800 pda phone has the microSDHC slot.
http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/ppc-6800-xv6800/89064-sandisk-4gb-microsdhc-memory-card-benchmarks.html

[Chrisphillers @ Jun 27th 2007 6:11PM]

My N95 will love that 8gb card:)

[Ian Jardine @ Jun 27th 2007 12:17PM]

Hmm why no mini SDHC 8 GB card?

[Ben @ Jun 27th 2007 4:36PM]

Because they come with an adapter for mini and full SD.

[Kel @ Jun 27th 2007 12:21PM]

:D Can't wait for the 8GB!

Flooty333 - I have a 4GB microSDHC. Check ebay.

[Marky Mark @ Jun 27th 2007 1:39PM]

XDA Developers have gotten microSDHC cards working in the Hermes.

[pjw @ Jun 27th 2007 2:08PM]

what's the access time on these things?

[Ryan Blain @ Jun 27th 2007 2:15PM]

Will this work for deviced that support microSD? Or is mircoSDHC totally different? They look similar, wordering if these would fit into blackberrys with microSD slots...

[Larry Lepes @ Jul 5th 2007 1:53PM]

If your device doesn't read the 4GB Micro, or the 8GB; just have the firmware updates installed. I bought a 4 GB Mini SD Card, and my VX9800 couldn't read it. I went to a Verizon Wireless Store, and had the updates installed. It costed me nothing.

[surge @ Jun 27th 2007 2:23PM]

most devices are NOT SHDC compatible
in the US at least
it sucks
i've heard reports of people getting them to work on non sdhc compatible devices though!
search google for it!
i have a ppc-6700 and mine only has minisd (which is not obsolete replaced by microsd im guessing)
but, i bought a miniSDHC 4.0 gb card and it works in my phone
what i had to do was put it into a card reader in my laptop
reformat it
then put it in my phone
i have over 3 gigs of music / GPS igo maps on it
it works fine
that is me though
i've heard others that havne't had the same results

[philliephan @ Sep 14th 2007 1:29AM]

Heya Surge, thanks for your tips. I have a Verizon Wireless XV6700 and I have two 2gb MicroSD cards ... I got a 4gb MicroSDHC card today and I tried the re-formatting trick. It didn't work for me :-/ I was disappointed but did some more searching around and found this post: http://discussion.wmexperts.com/showthread.php?t=152257

I used the .cab file in the first post and it works! I can read my new 4gb MicroSDHC card (formatted for FAT32) and I can still read my original 2gb MicroSD cards. I just wanted to let people know what worked for me, in case re-formatting didn't work for them too.

[Mr. B @ Jun 27th 2007 5:27PM]

...and to think I was just marveling about how awesome 2gb of music on my phone is.

[Mike @ Jun 28th 2007 6:35PM]

I have a nice collection of mini-SD cards for my old phone, but the new one takes micro-SD, rendering them almost useless. I mean, who looked at a mini-SD and thought, hey, thats nice, but sheesh, its huge, what I need is storage I can accidently inhale! I can't eject my micro card without it shooting halfway across the room. There's a point at which miniturisation ceases to be useful. Or cute.

[Larry Lepes @ Jul 5th 2007 1:53PM]

When will the 8GB Micro SD Card be available for purchase, and how much?

[Will @ Aug 21st 2007 4:33PM]

Do the math by the end of year 2008 we will have 16 or more Gigs in SD,Mini or MicroSD cards..... who knows.... But i look at it this way = Grab four MicroSD cards and put them on top of a SD Card and you will see that SD are at least 4 times bigger than MicroSD using same SPECS from MicroSD it will be easy to make a 32GB SD Card dont u think??????????

[Dominick @ Sep 21st 2007 9:11PM]

For those with a Samsung i730 that only reads and writes in SD, can we buy a 6GB or 8GB MicroSDHC Card and get an SD adapter to get it to work in our device? Thanks.

[Tarry @ Aug 14th 2008 3:45AM]

This is great news

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