SD Takes the Lead in Memory Cards
The SD Memory Card has passed the CompactFlash Card, to take the top position in market share among memory cards in all product categories, according to the most recent sales data available from The NPD Group.
Already seen by some industry analyst groups as the coming de facto market standard in flash memory, the SD Memory Card captured the number one position with 30% of the U.S. flash memory market in October against 28.8% for the CompactFlash Card. In third place was Memory Stick, with a 22% market share.
Joseph Unsworth, Analyst - Semiconductor Memories for Gartner, Inc., noted: "The recent success of the SD Card in the retail channel is in line with my expectations of the SD Card becoming the leading flash card format. The SD Card is well-positioned in terms of performance, cost, and industry support across many applications and that is why I expect the SD card to have the largest share of revenue of all of the flash card formats in 2004."
A total of 1,524 products worldwide, carrying 134 of the world's foremost brand names, currently use the SD Memory Card. The format is further supported by the more than 650 members of the SD Card Association (SDA), a consortium working to set industry standards and promote the acceptance of SD Memory Cards in a wide variety of applications. Panasonic (Matsushita Electric), Toshiba and SanDisk co-developed the SD Memory Card format.
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RE: So why cry about Sony?
i have an ipaq 4150, a Zodiac1, a and nextel i95cl.
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RE: So why cry about Sony?
You missed a golden opportunity to add ... "it's like saying the Palm WiFi SDIO card is going to be released real soon". :-)
Pat Horne; www.churchoflivingfaith.com
RE: So why cry about Sony?
I would like to see a breakdown of what format had what percentage based on the type of device used. That is a much more important factoid.
- Boogaboo
RE: So why cry about Sony?
Mike
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Peace Out
Alan
RE: So why cry about Sony?
Sony was #1 in many categories. Now like previous posts said, Sony is not like Palm, concentrating on just one device (PDA). Try doing that with TV, camcorders, laptops, computers, PDAs, digital cameras, projectors, .......
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PDAs rule the world !
PDA's are a bit different..
I don't care what these figures say - SD doesn't hold a candle to CF.
-Bosco
NX80v + Wifi + BT + T616
RE: PDA's are a bit different..
RE: PDA's are a bit different..
HandEra had driver support for a full line of CF accessories (including barcode scanners, any NE2000 network card, modems, CDPD wireless cards, and a half dozen WiFi cards) and from dozens of brand names.
Just because the only PalmOS licensee currently, marginally, offering a CF slot in their devices doesn't include a full slate of drivers (and has a vested interest in not doing so), doesn't mean we haven't had them in the past for the HandEra 330, and the TrgPro.
Where there's a licensees will, there's a way...
RE: PDA's are a bit different..
Eventually, technology will raise to a point that SD card with hold 4 gigs, 8 gigs, integrated wifi, bluetooth, whatever neccesary, and CF cards would just be considered "too big" and "overkill".
Heck, they even considered SD cards too big and came out with mini-SD cards.
Who Cares?
Troubling if you read between the lines...
Every person other than myself that I know who owns a SD-enabled device either has whatever was budled with it (in the case of a digicam) or has purchased a larger Sandisk.
If the average customer has anywhere close to the problems I've had with Sandisks (slow transfer rates, cards mysteriously dying, refusing to work on Sandisk-branded USB card readers etc) then I have to think that they will make every possible attempt to buy a Fuji, Olympus or Sony camera next time around or a PDA that has CF or MS capabilities. They'll think Sandisk is indicative of the state and bugginess of SD/MMC in general.
Sandisk is pretty much entrenched in every major retail chain nationwide and their cheaper pricing only strengthens the hold they have on the market.
I wish they would either do an about-face (hah!) and confess to their problematic designs or someone would come along and take a hatchet to their SD prices to undercut or at least be comparable to Sandisk.
RE: Who Cares?
About Cameras
PDA's are a different story altogether. The Average PDA User wouldn't use more than say... 256 MB( I think 128 is a closer estimate). So the smaller cards are ok right now. But if you're looking for something a Gigabyte in Size, and that doesn't cost a bomb, still, the CF card is the one to choose.
RE: About Cameras
Peace Out
Alan
Fragility vs Portability
RE: Fragility vs Portability
-Nathan
m100, m125, Visor Edge, Zire 71, Tungsten E..... next will either be a T3 with BT phone or a Treo 600..... have not made up my mind yet...... :-)
RE: Fragility vs Portability
Did you try the dual-slotted (SD/CF) hp 221x? It's not much larger than any PalmOS device.
RE: Will Laptops/PCs ever have built-in SD Cards?
"One hour martinizing! Who is this guy martin anyhow?"
RE: Will Laptops/PCs ever have built-in SD Cards?
Here's a PCCard <--> SD reader for under $25.
http://meritline.com/riripcadfors.html
RE: Will Laptops/PCs ever have built-in SD Cards?
Peace Out
Alan
RE: Will Laptops/PCs ever have built-in SD Cards?
The new IBM X40 ultra portable now adds an SD along with the CF and PCMCIA it already had. It's not on the US site yet, but the IBM Japan site has info on it. This line of ultras never had a floppy (you could add one via the media slice or base)
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