[missing-sync-palmos-talk] iTunes+Memory card > automatic sync without need to drag possible one day?

[Brad Knowles]

At 9:08 PM -0700 2005-04-08, Martin Muntenbruch wrote:

>  Sony has a 4 MB stick out:

	I presume you mean 4GB, not 4MB.

>  Since it's the Pro MemoryStick it should work and play with any modern Clie.

	Not true.  Only the most recent Clié models were compatible with 
the MemoryStick Pro.

>  As I read in the manual of MemoryStick media, that media is designed to be
>  developped to somewhat 36 GB in the future. Which is almost scary - imagine
>  if you lose that tiny thing...

	The problem that Sony faces is that CompactFlash has higher 
capacities available than MemoryStick Pro, usually at least 2x to 4x 
as large, at any one given point in time.  MemoryStick Pro and 
SecureDigital usually have about the same capacities available at any 
point in time, but SecureDigital is almost always at least 2x cheaper 
(or more), for a given capacity.  Of course, CompactFlash is usually 
also at least 2x cheaper than SecureDigital for a given capacity, so 
there's a huge, huge price difference there.

	And CompactFlash cards are already available up to 8GB, although 
that's really expensive.  When you start looking at micro hard drives 
in CompactFlash-II format, they're much cheaper than CF-I solid-state 
cards at the same capacity, which takes the price floor down even 
further.


	I'm sorry.  Sony lost this war a long time ago.  They need to 
recognize that.

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