Filed under: Digital Cameras, Storage

While the NAND-based MMCplus format hasn’t exactly reached SD status in terms of universal acceptance and recognition, ATP is unveiling a 4GB high capacity (HC) flavor to level up with its 4GB ProMax SDHC card. It sports a speed rating of 166x (25MB per second) and was designed to “maximize the performance of next generation digital devices requiring larger capacities and higher transfer rates” such as quick-shooting DSLRs. The card is also resistant to “water and extreme temperatures,” but similar to shoving an SDHC card into an SD-only reader, the HC format can’t be utilized by earlier MMCplus readers. Unsurprisingly, pricing and release information isn’t readily available, but you’ll probably see these in memory shops soon.

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Filed under: GPS

NAND flash memory, 64MB of RAM, integrated speaker, SD slot, MP3 playback, USB 2.0 port, and a PDF / JPEG file viewer. Although no fancy connectivity options like WiFi or Bluetooth are found here, Holux claims “8 to 10″ hours of realizable battery life from the rechargeable 2600 mAh Li-ion cell, which would be fairly impressive if it refrains from erupting in your hand. Although we aren’t sure of details concerning pricing or availability, we don’t expect the GPSmile 52 to deviate too far from all its oh-so-similar competitors when it hits store shelves.

[Via NaviGadget]

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BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time

Filed under: Storage

Samsung announced a pair of new MMC card advancements today, introducing both higher density and higher performance cards for all you media-happy junkies out there. The company’s touting its NAND-based MMCplus card as the most capacious in the industry, topping out at a hefty 8GB, with 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB rounding out the line. On the other side of things are a pair of decidedly smaller but speedier 1GB and 2GB cards, promising a read-speed of 40 MB/s and a write-speed of 25 MB/s, which should be enough to transfer six MP3 songs per second. Prices don’t seem to have been announced, but the whole lot should be available by the end of the year.

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Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Windows Mobile, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA

Remember the HTC Muse Windows Mobile 5.0 multimedia phone? You know, the one with 4GB of NAND storage dedicated to media files as well as dual cameras, including a 2.1 megapixel shooter with flash? Well anyway, DigiTimes is reporting that HTC will be shipping Qtek its version of the Muse, the S300 (not to be confused with Dopod's S300, based on another HTC design called the Star Trek), earlier than expected, as part of HTC's commitment to first release their HSDPA-enabled handsets in European markets. Qtek should be getting their Muses, which also sport 416MHz processors, 64MB of both RAM and ROM, WiFi, Bluetooth, and FM tuners, sometime in the third quarter, according to "market sources." Besides its lack of a keyboard (or even a numberpad, for that matter) and frustrating inclusion of that 240 x 240 display, the Muse looks to us like a pretty hot model, and will certainly give Nokia's N91, Sony Ericsson's W950i, and Samsung's i300 musicphones some strong competition.

[Via the::unwired]