Memory Cards

Cameras

Inside A B&H Photo Video Store, From The Eyes Of A Second-Hand Camera

8:50PM May 19, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Imagine buying a second-hand camera from a store, and discovering that there was a Compact Flash card inside, full of photos showing the inside world of the store it came from. It’s kind of like a reverse One Hour Photo. More »


Computing

Hide Memory Cards In The USB Stick Docking Station Of Dreams

5:20AM April 14, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Currently, I have microSDs spread all around my house – I’m sure I could find a couple if I searched hard enough, but the bulk majority are probably lost in the dusty corners for good. A USB stick that houses all your cards makes so much sense I’m surprised that this is just a concept. [Yanko]


Geek Out

The Robots That Make Lexar Memory Make Wall-E Look Evil

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3:30PM January 19, 2011 | Nick Broughall

There’s something wonderfully cute about the robots that make Lexar’s memory chips. Watching them work makes me clucky for a factory robot of my very own! More »


Watch Samsung Put A Memory Card Through SD Hell

8:40AM September 28, 2010 | Brian Barrett

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Where do bad memory cards go when they die? Probably somewhere very similar to this puppy, paintball and tiny-hat filled obstacle course of doom. Warning: This video contains extreme SD brutality. More »


SD Cards Get High-Performance Indicators

11:23PM June 23, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Shopping for SD cards has gotten a little bit easier, assuming you keep up-to-date on the latest SDXC/SDHC product iconography. Henceforth, products with bus-interface speeds up to 104MBps will carry a UHS-I symbol, while products that allow real-time video recording will have UHS Speed Class 1 symbols. Here’s how they look: More »


Eye-Fi X2 Cards Double Capacity And Hotspot Access

9:00AM March 24, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

The next generation Eye-Fi cards, the Connect X2 and the Explore X2, are faster, stronger and better than the prior generation, yet the price hasn’t changed. The new cards have double the capacity and hotspots of the old ones. More »


SanDisk 32GB MicroSDHC Card Is The Giantest Storage That’ll Fit In Your Phone

4:16AM March 23, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

SanDisk has figured out a way to cram 32GB of storage onto a chip the size of your pinkie that slides into your phone – if it’s got a micro SDHC slot, anyway. Which is awesome! Not awesome: It’s $US200, which is as much as your phone actually cost. Oh well. It’d be kind of a steal if the iPad took ‘em though. More »


Sony Relents After 11 Years, Launches First SD Card Line-Up

3:52AM January 7, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Big news from the Sony camp today – they’re embracing 1999′s flash-in-the-pan fad and have launched their first line-up of SD cards. Hopefully that spells the death of the evil Memory Stick and sliding disinterest in their propriety formats. More »


Eye-Fi Pro X2 Goes All Wireless N

12:00AM January 6, 2010 | Mark Wilson

The Eye-Fi is an SD card that adds Wi-Fi uploads to any camera. Their latest flagship, the Pro X2, is pretty similar to old Eye-Fis, but it’s faster and even a bit smarter, too. More »


Samsung’s Memory Cards Would Survive Being Run Over By A 1.6-Ton Vehicle

12:07AM December 11, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

If you find your digital camera gets into that sort of situation often, that’s probably quite an attractive feature, right? In addition to withstanding 1.6-ton of weight, these three new memory cards are shock, water and magnet proof. More »