Pretec intros 16GB / 24GB / 48GB CompactFlash cards

Just in case you haven't had enough flash storage for one day, Pretec's making sure you really do get your fill. Announced today at CES, the outfit unveiled a 16GB, 24GB and 48GB CompactFlash card, with the 2GB - 24GB iterations available in 333x flavors (50MB/sec) and the 1GB - 48GB models available in 233x (35MB/sec). Unfortunately, the details we're really after -- you know, price and release dates -- are curiously missing, but hopefully Pretec will toss those tidbits out in the near future.

[Flashpoint @ Jan 7th 2008 8:43PM]

If the OLPC and Eee had a compact flash slot, these damn babies would be great as HARD DRIVES.
Of course, if you have a usb to compact flash reader, you could do that.

[The Pepto Pimp @ Jan 7th 2008 8:49PM]

You know, I still think of my 512MB CF as a big card...

[Michael LaFramboise @ Jan 7th 2008 9:10PM]

Let me guess, you shoot JPEG w/ a 3MP camera...

[The Pepto Pimp @ Jan 7th 2008 11:18PM]

Good guess, but I'm old school (film). I only use the digital for location scouting and exposure testing.

[dudeInAmerica @ Jan 7th 2008 9:12PM]

...and I cant boot off these things, why?

[Hung @ Jan 7th 2008 9:38PM]

Because you don't understand how electronics work, or possibly how to dial numbers. I'm sorry I sound harsh, but nothing on this page or any other page on the internet would lead you to believe that this cannot be used as a main drive. (1) CF uses modified IDE and, recently, SATA interfaces, identical to those in computers except that CF's is scaled down (a cheap adapter solves the size issue). (3) The fastest CF cards still transfer half as fast as SSD, while costing about the same.

http://computers.pricegrabber.com/flash-memory/m/50045557/search=compact%20flash
http://computers.pricegrabber.com/flash-memory/m/41013952/search=compact%20flash
http://computers.pricegrabber.com/flash-memory/m/50045557/search=compact%20flash

Thanks for playing, and don't forget: Mega-Fail.

[ScareyJ @ Jan 7th 2008 10:25PM]

http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/ad4cfprj.asp

Here's an interesting adapter for $50 ... supports 4 CF cards in RAID 0, 1, 10, or separate drives completely.

[Ed @ Jan 7th 2008 9:32PM]

Ooooh, non standard sizes.

[Dimitrios Matsoulis @ Jan 8th 2008 7:54AM]

Recent flash card size increases prove that there is no excuse for very high prices that some manufacturers choose. For example the Panasonic P2 cards are effectively based on smaller widely available cards but cost a fortune. The flash based drives that begin to trickle out look attractive. Let's what happens in 2008...
http://electronrun.wordpress.com/

[Itai @ Jan 8th 2008 7:54AM]

Just when you thought you couldn't loose any more pics at once ;)

I really hope they worked on reliability!

[Jon Doe @ Jan 8th 2008 11:07AM]

Suck on that Memory Stick!