Sony readies 4GB MemoryStick Pro Duo

[wraggster]

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Sony will this Summer ship a 4GB Memory Stick Pro Duo memory card, the company announced today. With the company's array of MemoryStick, Pro, Duo, Pro Duo, Micro, Tiny and High Speed variants, the "revitalised" packagin design Sony promised is probably more welcome than the higher storage capacity.

The 4GB Pro Duo offers a minimum write speed of 15Mbps. It will ship with an adaptor for devices with a standard-size MemoryStick slot. Sony said the product will retail for around €170 ($217/£118) when it ships.

OK thats cheaper than the $250 price we have seen but still some $70(£40) higher than what SuccessHK sells its 4GB Memory Card for, Official or Sandisk product i know which way my wallet would reach for.

[mr_nick666]

Hmmm... Sandisk it is then! (although I DO have a $ony 2GB stick and the access time is really good... Decisions decisions! )

[jimmi]

iv got a 1 gb sony mem stick

that 1 looks alot more fun

[kyle2194]

Yeah, its cheaper, plus its reliable, not like some other cheap third party brands.

[drew4237]

i just bought a 2gb snadisk adn i really like the read and write speeds on it, it is allot faster than my sony 1gbbut now im thinking about returning my 2gb and waiting untill the sandisk is at a store cause i cant buy stuff online. i might wait untill the price goes down cause 200+ for a ms is outragous even though i bought my 1gb for 135 and my 2gb for 110. i might just return my 2gb this week and get a ndsl, im not a nintendo fanboy i just like the games they have for it, and then wait to get the 4gb when it is less than 150

[Mew]

I would prefer the SanDisk one..

atm I've got a 1GB Memory Stick from SanDisk.. no complains

[ACID]

My 4gb sandisk works awesome and it was only 150usd

[stotheamuel]

Ive gone through 3 sandisk 1 gb!...I had the reciept though each time... So i would RATHER have a sony.... BUT i will still buy sandisk.

[Voltron]

I have a 2GB SanDisk Ultra II PRO Duo and Ultra II's are the best in my opinion. A little more pricey but the added performance and reliability make it worth it. I've had both a Sony & a non Ultra II SanDisk.

The Ultra II's make a huge difference. And there is now a 4GB Ultra II. Once the price drops (probably September or October) I will be getting one.

[mog]

It's kinda slow...
4 GB MS = 4,000,000,000 Bytes = 3,906 MB (approx)
15 Mbps transfer speed = 1.875 MB/s

Sooo... to transfer all 4GB would take about 35 mins!!

Sony High-Speed and Sandisk Ultra II MS Pro Duo transfer at 80 Mbps (10 MB/s).
To transfer 4GB on one of these would take less than 7 minutes.

And Sandisk Extreme III MS Pro Duo transfer at 120 Mbps (18 MB/s).
Sadly, this beast only comes in 1 GB and 2 GB sizes so far.
But if a 4 GB version was available it would only take less than 4 minutes to transfer 4GB.

But then theres that 8 GB memory stick that sony may be releasing this year:
http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/news...tory_5806.html

But if that is gonna the same speed it would take an entire hour to write the whole thing...
I'm waiting for a 4 GB Sandisk Extreme III, with it's one gig per minute transfer rate!