If it would have been up to us, the 3G/4G Motorola XOOMs would have launched with all the necessary hardware from the get to — none of this buy it not and mail it back later for a hardware radio swap or future update crap. Add to that a similar though not as “serious” issue of Motorola also including an SD card reader that has thus far remained utterly useless. Both Google and Motorola have been fairly quiet as to when the Android 3.1 update would...
Already picked up a fancy Mushkin SSD and paired it with a super sexy pack of Mushkin RAM? Why not make your hardware party the perfect trifecta? Popular SSD and RAM manufacturer, Mushkin, is branching out into uncharted waters today with the announcement of their new line of SD and microSD cards. Starting at the lower end, the Class 2 cards will come only in 2 GB capacities while moving up a level to Class 4 opens the doors to larger 4 GB, 8 GB, and 16 GB capacities. The...
Business looking for the ultimate security in digital media (and needlessly wasting planetary resources) should take a look at Toshiba’s recently announced “Write-once” SD cards. The cards (as the name suggests) can only be written to once. After the card is filled you can neither erase/re-write or reformat it. Pricing is said to be “open”. Toshiba hopes the new uber secure card will appeal to governmental and other security-minded...
The aging SD-card spec gets pushed higher and higher with each passing year. A couple of years ago, the big thing was SDXC and it’s promised 2TB capacities. But in 2011, we’re on to bigger and better things. Built on top of current SDHC and SDXC hardware, the new UHS-II spec aims to push transfer rates higher with additional rows of pins on the cards themselves. Speaking of transfer rates, we’re hearing a stout 312MB/s is the goal. Even if we see half...
Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen a lot of attention paid to WiFi-enabled memory cards from the likes of Eye-Fi. At this year’s CES, the company is taking the wraps off of their newest Eye-Fi X2 card upgrade which brings new functionality to new and old cards alike. With the new X2 upgrade, Eye-Fi users can now extend wireless sharing and uploading to a nearby smartphone or portable device. Combined with other Eye-Fi features such as wireless backup...
