Pretec Announces 12 GB CompactFlash Card

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/4906.html' target='_blank'>http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/4906.html</a><br /><br /></div>"Cranking up the heat another notch in the already crowded CompactFlash market, Pretec Electronics has introduced the world's first solid state CompactFlash memory card with a storage capacity of a whopping 12 GB. The card, which will be available by the second half of 2004, will sell for $9,999 USD. In conjunction with the announcement, Pretec also announced that it would reduce the price of its 6 GB CompactFlash from $7,499 USD to $3,499 USD."<br /><br />The march continues - nice to see them dropping that 6 GB card to an affordable $3499 USD. ;-)

[c38b2]

I need to know who in their right mind would drop 10 grand on a CF card! :roll:

[Kacey Green]

I need to know who in their right mind would drop 10 grand on a CF card! :roll:
A big corp. :D

[JTWise]

I need to know who in their right mind would drop 10 grand on a CF card! :roll:

These prices are always listed as much higher thanthe real street price, and the introductory price usualy drops quickly. However, I could imagine a professional photographer with an 8+ Megapixel camera shooting in RAW mode might need something like this.

All I can say is - the more capacity the better. New high-capacity cards just help to put price pressure on the 2 and 4 Gig card market.

[Suhit Gupta]

The march continues - nice to see them dropping that 6 GB card to an affordable $3499 USD. ;-)
Hmm, maybe the 6GB $4K iPod mini is on its way ;-)

Suhit