http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/ Engadget Comments for 1GB write-once SanDisk memory cards to cost $5.99? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/
What's the target market? It isn't like SD cards are ruinously expensive anyway. It just seems like another way to build clutter and waste materials...]]>Nov 20th 2007 6:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/
Environmentally, I can't imagine its a good idea....]]>Nov 20th 2007 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/
DVD-r's can be had for 27 cents a disc. What's the advantage again?
]]>Nov 20th 2007 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/
To top it off, think about the archival benefits for large corporations that still use tape based storage. Better yet, think how much music stores could save on shipment/stocking of music if it was all in a smaller form factor (granted, you still need the booklets to fit somehow).

Possibilities with this tech is endless, and also a great for photographers like myself who could just run into a supermarket and buy new "film", load it. For sure, you might be able to buy a cheap CF/SD card, but for those of us that got burnt with cheap storage and corrupt files as a result this seems like an ideal solution.

This tech will come soon, and I'm looking forward to it :D]]>Nov 20th 2007 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 21st 2007 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/
But seriously, read/write SD cards are already pretty close to six bucks (http://www.meritline.com/ridata-1gb-sd-card.html) so what's the point?]]>Nov 20th 2007 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/
Think evidence (lawsuits, etc) and archives. I'd love to be able to take 1GB snapshots of my critical data at home a couple times a month and be able to safely store them someplace small, for example.

Plastic media (CDs, DVDs, etc) do not last as long as everyone thinks they do, and can be sensitive to light and other factors, putting your data at risk.

Also, from a legal perspective, being able to prove (assuming this can be done with the media in question) that what is stored on there is the original, unaltered data would be a huge plus.

For example, think crime scene photography. What is better, claiming that the pictures showing some evidence haven't been altered, or being able to prove they haven't been altered because the storage media is write-once?
]]>Nov 20th 2007 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/]]>Nov 20th 2007 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Just a few days back, I was thinking of doing some business shooting pictures of tourists and charging them for it. My idea was to record on cheap but reliable memory cards, and then give the card to the customer.
This would be perfect for this type of job.
]]>Nov 20th 2007 7:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/
I know you're thinking I missed a step (copying them to your PC), but I really haven't. Nobody looks at all these pics we take anyway, so why bother doing that part?]]>Nov 20th 2007 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Getting films and music on an read-only SD card rather than some variation on a CD would be sweet.]]>Nov 20th 2007 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 8:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/
A plastic CD cost penny! More profit! Let say it cost 0.20$ to "burn" a music CD. You sell it 9.99$ you make more money for the artist and all the other crap.
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/entertainment/0101/cd.price/frameset.exclude.html


A SD card = less money = Not interesting!
A SD card could cost around 3$ for the chip

That does not make any sence for the music industry. Not for the moment.

Remember they all want CASH! Nothing more!]]>Nov 20th 2007 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 22nd 2007 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/]]>Nov 20th 2007 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/
While 1GB SD card costs you only 10$ with the capability to sustain up to 1 million times of write.

WTF....?????????????????]]>Nov 20th 2007 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 8:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/
It is a shame about the digital waste though.]]>Nov 20th 2007 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/think about when you are at Disney World, you filled up both of your trusty rewritable 2GB SD cards,
and did not bring a computer to the week long vacation. What do you do? Just jump to the nearest convenience store (there are few inside Disney World and their prices are normal), and get a gig for $6. It saves you time going though your cards deleting photos you "think" you don't want and risk deleting something you wanted in the process.]]>Nov 20th 2007 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/that's not the price you pay at the gas station or the nearest Drugs store,
and you don't even know if they are going to carry a SD card at all.
However, with this new write once card, the biggest advantage is the assurance that you
can pretty much find it in any store even if that kind of store don't usually carry any kind of SD cards, or may carry 128MB card from 4 years ago for $25.

In summary, this new card is promising you the following 2 advantages that we do not have right now with rewritable cards.
1. $6 for 1GB at anytime, no need to wait for sale.
2. Available almost anywhere, no need to order online and wait for UPS, just drive to the gas station and pick one up, perfect for when you are away from home.

Another great use I can think of is for Digital photo-frame that you might giveaway to grandparents that do not have computer. You throw around 1000 photos (re-size since they don't need to be 10 mega-pixel) on a $6 card and send it away. When the pictures get old just send them another one with 41 cents 1st class mail and they just have to swap the card.]]>Nov 20th 2007 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/
If you dont have a laptop, there are external hard drives that can copy data off SD cards for around $80, and you get one heck of a lot more storage.]]>Nov 20th 2007 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Also Disney World was just an example, you should be able to buy it anywhere.
The $80 device might be a great idea but trying buying that when you are on your vacation, where are you going to find it?
Also if you are going to buy $80 device just for that you could buy 2 4 GB cards at $40 each before your trip

Again, the advantage of this is that you can buy it anywhere for cheap.
Of course I'm assuming that SandDisk keeps its promise and makes it available anywhere for $6.]]>Nov 20th 2007 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/For this new card, the retail is $5.99.
Think before you post because you might just make fool of yourself :)]]>Nov 20th 2007 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/]]>Nov 20th 2007 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/1gb-write-once-sandisk-memory-cards-to-cost-5-99/Nov 20th 2007 11:07AM