Kingston whips out speedy Class 10 16GB microSDHC card

While some camps are pumping out larger microSDHC cards, Kingston's done the world a favor by working on speed instead. The result is this Class 10 16GB microSDHC card -- possibly the world's fastest of its kind (at a minimum data transfer rate of 10MB/s). Who would need this, you ask? Well, there's the speed freak in your own self that you're trying to suppress, for starters, and don't forget all those snazzy phones that can do 1080p video recording. As with most nice things in life, this blistering card will cost you a fair bit -- $138 for the card sans adapters. Oh, go on, it's totally worth your liver.

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Kingston Digital Ships Speedy Class 10 MicroSDHC Card

Large Capacity, Fast Performance a Perfect Match for Memory-Hungry Devices

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the release of a 16GB microSDHC Class 10 card. The high-capacity card complies with the SD™ Association Specification 3.00 to meet Class 10 requirements. The 16GB microSDHC card has a minimum data transfer rate of 10MB/sec. and ships either as a stand-alone microSDHC card or with adapters.

"With the new speed class, host devices such as high-definition cameras or the latest smartphones are being designed to optimize their write performance to take advantage of the more responsive memory card speeds," said Wendy Lecot, Flash card business manager, Kingston®. "Now that the Class 10 card specification is five times faster than a Class 2 card, users will see swifter copying and transferring of photos, music, videos and e-books when using a multi-format card reader such as the Kingston Media Reader or MobileLiteG2 with a PC.

Kingston takes mobility and versatility a step further with the addition of the SD adapter pack (Kingston part #: SDC10/16GB), and the SD and miniSD adapter pack (Kingston part #: SDC10/16GB-2ADP). Inserting the card into the SD adapter turns it into a large-storage, speedy SDHC card that can be used to capture continuous images or videos in digital cameras. Kingston also includes an adapter for other devices that utilize the miniSD form factor. Either adapter pack allows users to store all data on one card across multiple Class 10 device platforms.

The 16GB microSDHC Class 10 card is backed by a lifetime warranty, 24/7 tech support and legendary Kingston reliability. For more information visit www.kingston.com.

Kingston 16GB microSDHC Class 10 Features and Specifications:

* Compliant: with the SD Specification Version 3.00
* Versatile: when combined with an adapter, can be used as a full-size SDHC card with write protection or as a miniSDHC card to transfer data
* Compatible: with microSDHC, miniSDHC and SDHC host devices; not compatible with standard microSD-enabled device/readers
* File Format: FAT32
* Reliable: lifetime warranty
* Capacities*: 16GB
* Dimensions: 0.43" x 0.59" x 0.039" (11mm x 15mm x 1mm)
* High-Speed Class Rating: Class 10 – 10MB/sec. minimum data transfer rate
* Operating Temperature: -13 degrees F to 185 degrees F (-25 degrees C to 85 degrees C)
* Storage Temperature: -40 degrees F to 185 degrees F (-40 degrees C to 85 degrees C)


*Some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for data storage. For more information, please consult Kingston's Flash Memory Guide at Kingston.com/Flash_Memory_Guide.





Kingston 16GB microSDHC Class 10 Card
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Part Number Capacity and Features MSRP (U.S. only)
----------- --------------------- ----------------

SDC10/16GBSP 16GB microSDHC Class 10 single pack
------------ (card only) $138.00
----------------------------------- -------
SDC10/16GB 16GB microSDHC Class 10 card
---------- with SD adapter $139.00
----------------------------- -------
SDC10/16GB-2ADP 16GB microSDHC Class 10 card
--------------- with two adapter pack (miniSD
& SD adapter) $140.00
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[yulebellow Posted Feb 16th 2010 2:04AM]

138 bucks, thats not too bad. It may not be totally necessary, but compared to other flash memory prices, 16GB for this price is totally swallowable

[Mrtoocool Posted Feb 16th 2010 2:06AM]

"totally swallowable"

Ha!

[ROFL Posted Feb 16th 2010 2:30AM]

Yea, who said that again? It all seems so familiar, like something happened last night, but I can't quite put my finger on it...

[HerbieDerb Posted Feb 16th 2010 8:05PM]

@ROFL
Everyone wants to be a comedian, but few succeed.

[Addyct Posted Feb 16th 2010 2:10AM]

Once they make a 32GB version of this, I'm buying a dozen of them! i have no idea what for, but i'm doing it!

[egress63 Posted Feb 16th 2010 3:48AM]

@Addyct
Could be used wonderfully with the Sansa Clip+ :)

[Dante of the Inferno Posted Feb 16th 2010 2:10AM]

One major reason why I can't imagine techies would be binge drinkers. All the booze money would go to this stuff.

[Addyct Posted Feb 16th 2010 2:11AM]

I'm buying it, fer sher.

[PyroFox Posted Feb 16th 2010 2:12AM]

now does it read faster than it writes as in most memory and if so I wonder how much faster?

[djbootleg Posted Feb 16th 2010 2:14AM]

OMG.
i wonder how fast a ext4 partition would open programs on my G1.

[uansari1 Posted Feb 16th 2010 3:26AM]

@djbootleg You're assuming the G1 can take advantage of a class 10 card.

[Dante of the Inferno Posted Feb 16th 2010 2:16AM]

One major reason why I can't imagine techies would be binge drinkers. All the booze money would go to this stuff.

[Dante of the Inferno Posted Feb 16th 2010 2:19AM]

Sorry, the browser cut out, and re-posted when I reloaded the page.

[ROFL Posted Feb 16th 2010 2:31AM]

Yea, it triple posted me on the previous story.

[TenaciousJ728 Posted Feb 16th 2010 2:45AM]

Which side are you on? Speed? or capacity?

[Indyaner Posted Feb 16th 2010 3:30AM]

@TenaciousJ728
defently Capacity. Now show me a microSDHC with 64GB. I doint care how fast it is.

[goseki Posted Feb 16th 2010 4:33AM]

@TenaciousJ728 these are hot-swappable .. so you make do with a quick switch for now until the bigger stuff hits

[Eternity Posted Feb 16th 2010 10:46AM]

@TenaciousJ728 I'm for fast internal speed and capacity. What good is having fast file transfers if apps don't run quick enough when running from inside the card?

[cyclone13 Posted Feb 16th 2010 2:46AM]

So instead of shipping 32gb microSDHC cards they're working on class 10 16gb?!?!

Dear Sandisk,

Stop milking your captive consumers (us) for all they're worth. We want 32gb microSD and you've been able to produce it for a long time now so get on with it already.

[who Posted Feb 16th 2010 3:11AM]

@cyclone13 Kingston =/= Sandisk

[kojo87 Posted Feb 16th 2010 2:50AM]

flash memory has gotten ridiculous. i remember paying like $60 for a 512MB flash drive in high school. and yesterday i bought an 8GB for $15 AND it had Splinter Cell: Chaos theory loaded on it lol

[reas0n555 Posted Feb 16th 2010 2:58AM]

great i can get one for my iphooonoooo thats right no memory card slot.

[nubbily Posted Feb 16th 2010 3:30AM]

@reas0n555

I know! I'm never gonna be able to use one of these for my Nexus... whoa, hello there, beautiful 16 billion bytes of wholesome speediness!

[Indyaner Posted Feb 16th 2010 3:28AM]

Where can I get a 64GB microSDHC Card?

[goseki Posted Feb 16th 2010 4:37AM]

@Indyaner it will be a micro SDXC when it arrives .. already Toshiba and Panasonic are trialling them.

[xtasi Posted Feb 16th 2010 4:06AM]

I don't have the article link at hand, but faster transfer rates means longer battery usage, since your phone is not waiting for the memory.

[fisher Posted Feb 16th 2010 5:27AM]

I don't know about you, but I think my liver costs more than $138.

[DrBlaze Posted Feb 16th 2010 7:04AM]

I love it when they add to the box, will hold 9750 MP3's LOL..
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[Oli Posted Feb 16th 2010 8:15AM]

Interesting read on Kingston MicroSD cards and the variation among them...

http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=918

[xguntherc Posted Feb 24th 2010 8:17PM]

very interesting read.. I was about to snag the Kingston Class 10 Micro 16GB also. lol