Tag: MICROSD

Believe it or not, there are a number of data-equipped cell phones that lack integrated Wi-Fi (like the new BlackBerry Tour). If you own one of these phones and it has a microSD slot, you may now be able to retroactively add Wi-Fi to it, thanks to a new card developed by KDDI Corp. Similar to wireless network-accessing camera memory cards, these cards can instantly (and hopefully cheaply) add ...

SanDisk yesterday launched Sansa Sessions, a music distribution effort that uses microSD cards, which are those tiny little pieces of plastic that fit into (and expand the storage capacity of) cell phones. As of this week's launch, the microSD cards contain DRM-free tracks from over 50 indie rock bands, including Nada Surf, Of Montreal, Ladytron and more. This music sampler comes for free with ...

By the end of this year, the iPhone won't be the only smart phone with a Nano's worth of memory (8-gigabyte, which holds about 1,000 songs and a couple of movies).That's because SanDisk plans to launch 8-gigabyte (GB) microSD High Capacity (microSDHC) memory cards by the end of the year. This means phones such as the BlackBerry Curve, the BlackBerry 8800, and the Pearl will be expandable to ...