
Today SanDisk hit us with three separate capacity
boosting announcements. First, they doubled the capacity of their Extreme III Cards for professional digital
photographers. Available in March, the new cards include the Extreme III 8GB CompactFlash for $560, the $200 2GB SD,
and the 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo for $420 green. The CF and SD cards both feature a minimum read/write speed of 20
MB/sec while the Memory Stick PRO Duo cards manage 19MB/sec minimum read and write speeds. Likewise, SanDisk also
announced a capacity doubling 2GB
SanDisk Ultra II SD Plus
Card (pictured) due in June for $135. Lastly, SanDisk announced their high-speed 4GB Ultra II Memory Stick PRO Duo
card available in March for $240. Thanks for the updates SanDisk, and more importantly we appreciate you not
introducing any new memory card formats on us.