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Standards are great when people choose to use them. Thing is every company has their own set of technologies they want to push to become “standard.” Sony has their Memory Stick Micro nonsense, Nokia’s devices have begun settling down on microSD but there was a time when half the models supported miniSD, way back in the day we had MMC, reduced voltage MMC, basically it was a mess. Today Micron Technology, Nokia, Samsung Electronics, Sony Ericsson, Spansion, STMicroelectronics, and Texas Instruments launched plans to create yet another format: Universal Flash Storage.
Due in 2009 about the only thing that makes this format special is the fact that it is open, a lot of industry leaders (where are you Motorola?) are working on it and there is a promise that writing a 4 GB file will happen in seconds versus minutes.
See you in 2 years.
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[Via: Herald Tribune]
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
