SanDisk (News - Alert) has launched the SanDisk Multi Card ExpressCard Adapter, offering fast transfer speeds from memory cards to notebook computers without the need to carry cables or external card readers.

 

SanDisk’s new adapter fits into the ExpressCard slot that is currently found in most new notebook computers, and accepts six card formats: SD, SDHC, MultiMediaCard, MMCplus, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo and Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo. The company points out that several competing ExpressCard adapters only accept the full size Memory Stick format, running counter to the swing in market momentum toward the smaller Duo form factor.

 

“With the SanDisk Multi Card ExpressCard Adapter, we're supporting the rise of the ExpressCard slot in notebook computers,” said Matthijs Hutten, senior Product Marketing Manager at SanDisk in a statement.

 

Hutten said that their company expects ExpressCard to completely replace the PC Card standard in the near future, and thus offering an ExpressCard adapter which integrates many popular card formats is a natural move for SanDisk.

 

The company explains that the SanDisk Multi Card ExpressCard Adapter is an easy system upgrade for notebook computers without embedded memory card slots. Consumers simply have to insert the card into the ExpressCard slot. There is no software to install, and no requirement of external cables or hardware. In order to transfer data, users have to take a memory card out of a device such as a digital still or video camera, an MP3 player, a portable game player or a mobile phone and insert the card into the adapter.

 

The unique SanDisk Multi Card ExpressCard Adapter can also be useful for notebook computers with embedded memory card slots. SanDisk further explains that embedded slots today don't always support the new SD High Capacity (SDHC) format or the Memory Stick PRO Duo form factor. This requires users to carry an external reader.

SanDisk Multi Card ExpressCard Adapter offers native SDHC and Memory Stick PRO Duo support.

 

 

SanDisk is an inventor of flash storage cards and is a supplier of flash data storage card products, using its patented, high-density flash memory and controller technology.