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Micro Memory Madness - Sony's new Flash Memory Format



As if the massive amounts of Memory Stick formats weren’t enough, now Sony is complicating matters even more by adding a new design into the mix – the Memory Stick Micro (M2). About a quarter of the size of the PSP’s Memory Stick Duo, the main feature that Sony is touting on this one is its “controlled eject function to prevent users losing the media”. So in order to make it harder to lose they’ve made it even smaller? Genius.

What does this mean for the PSP? Given that the M2 has been designed as dual-voltage media, it is compatible with the Memory Stick Pro line of products so we could see a “Duo Adapter” at some point in the near future. Even more appealing is that thought that the release of a new format will drive down prices on the expensive Memory Stick Duo our PSP’s desire. The M2 will be available in 256MB and 512MB versions in March, with the 1GB stick following behind in May.

Sweet just i dont want to have to buy an adapter.

very futuristic indeed. But very easy to lose. But its great as future devices will be small

yeah man think of the possibilities...
but to tell you frankly, i think this was more or less stupid... WHY?



See how much space the memory actually takes up in that shell?
Sony's just playing the "dont release till needed" game!

wait a minute....If it uses a memory stick duo adapter, would that mean that the M2 is thinner than a duo? o dear lord... thats thin it will be the width of 2-3 sheets of paper put together.

You make this sound as if it's a bad thing... This is awesome i think. If you think about it, look at an ipod, alot of it's size is used for the memory, compared to a psp where the memory stick is such a small thing.

yeah its a great thing and... *SNAP!!!* OOHHHHHHHH (/psicryptor faints!!!)