SimpleTech Announces 8GB Type II CF Card

[Janak Parekh]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.dpreview.com/news/0402/04020910simpletech8gb.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.dpreview.com/news/0402/0...mpletech8gb.asp</a><br /><br /></div>"SimpleTech, Inc., a designer, manufacturer and marketer of custom and open-standard memory solutions based on Flash memory and DRAM technologies, today announced the industry's highest capacity CompactFlash with an 8 GB Type II card using the Company's patented stacking technology. The Company also announced 2, 4 and 5 GB Type I cards and a significant increase to the write speed of its entire ProX line of CompactFlash cards. The products will be unveiled at the PMA (Photo Marketing Association) trade show held at the Las Vegas Convention Center from February 12-15, 2004."<br /><br />The price isn't specifically mentioned, but the price range is from $89.99 to $5,999. I bet the upper end of the range is what the 8GB card costs.

[szamot]

Finally the MP3's will outlast the battery!...and the cost of this puppy outrun my mortgage! :mrgreen:

[dh]

It's great to see that CF cards are still getting bigger. I'm really glad that I have a two slot device.

Of course I have no intention (even if I could afford it) of spending thousands of dollars on a memory card, but hopefully 2 or 4 GB cards will be available at competitive prices soon. I would love to be able to replace my 1GB card with a much larger one.

[Blue Zero]

...Wow 8 gig card, and its only 5,999$ !!!!
That is So cheap!

Now I'll finally have the spare money to donate to those hungry kids in the 3rd world country

And purchase that super NASA's jet plane
God had been so kind to all of us :wink:

*** Post edited for language by moderator KC 10-Feb-04

[dmacburry2003]

For that money I could get an e805, usb host cord, a 20+ gig hard drive (ultra-compact), and pay a company to build me a driver for it.

I could use an 805... :wink:

[Jonathon Watkins]

Give it a few years - or less - and we'll all have one of these. 8)