SanDisk Ups Capacity of Tiny Memory Cards

SanDisk is unveiling a microSD card -- the world's smallest flash memory card -- with a 1 gigabyte (GB) capacity.

The previous highest capacity for a SanDisk microSD card was 512 megabytes (MB).

Originally developed by SanDisk and formerly known as TransFlash, the fingernail-sized card will be able to store up to 32 hours of WMA-compressed music -- or approximately 480 songs.

The card comes with an adapter allowing it to be used in a standard SD slot.

The 1 GB microSD card will be available in the United States initially through Verizon Wireless as part of its V CAST Music service.

Bigger miniSD Card, Too

SanDisk also expanded its mobile line today by introducing a 2 GB miniSD card (up from 1 GB) with the aim of accommodating consumers' increasing demand for accessing photos, music and video on their phone.

SanDisk's suggested retail prices for the newest cards are $119.99 for the 1 GB microSD and $199.99 for the 2 GB miniSD.

More information is available on the SanDisk web site.