Why is everyone so positive about this? This just means less competition in the flash memory card industry which usually leads to higher prices and less innovation/r&d. The road to the 1TB micro memory card has just lengthened vastly. With the MS Micro there was a lot of healthy, welcomed competition.
Bullshit. Sony was the only supporter of MS, and MS cards usually cost more than comparable SD cards. Competition within the SD space is still rigorous. You can still have competition within a single unified standard.
On the contrary, if MS format goes away, it would spur more competition in the flash memory market. The SD standard is good enough as it is and there is very strong competition in that as it is. Sandisk, Corsair, Trendnet, Kingston and many lesser known brands.
Now if Memory Stick format goes away, there is just one format left to compete in, SD. This would drive the costs down and increase the number of companies competing for the same market segment.
Wider standards adoption is always good for the consumers.
The various companies will compete each other lower. MemorySticks were expensive for quite awhile because fewer companies were allowed to produce them. SD is cheap as hell because everyone and their grandma not only makes them, but uses them.
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Why is everyone so positive about this? This just means less competition in the flash memory card industry which usually leads to higher prices and less innovation/r&d. The road to the 1TB micro memory card has just lengthened vastly. With the MS Micro there was a lot of healthy, welcomed competition.
Bullshit. Sony was the only supporter of MS, and MS cards usually cost more than comparable SD cards. Competition within the SD space is still rigorous. You can still have competition within a single unified standard.
On the contrary, if MS format goes away, it would spur more competition in the flash memory market. The SD standard is good enough as it is and there is very strong competition in that as it is. Sandisk, Corsair, Trendnet, Kingston and many lesser known brands.
Now if Memory Stick format goes away, there is just one format left to compete in, SD. This would drive the costs down and increase the number of companies competing for the same market segment.
Wider standards adoption is always good for the consumers.
The various companies will compete each other lower. MemorySticks were expensive for quite awhile because fewer companies were allowed to produce them. SD is cheap as hell because everyone and their grandma not only makes them, but uses them.
No, this one is more like the RAM market.
My grandma probably wouldn't use a microSD card in the intended fasion. Perhaps with a glass of water and spoonful of sugar.