DPReview reports yet another itty bitty storage format, as if we didn’t have too many already:
The MultiMediaCard Association (MMCA) has approved a new RS-MMC (Reduced Size MultiMediaCard) standard. This new flash storage format has the same width but almost half the length of existing MMC cards, RS-MMC cards will be 24 x 18 x 1.4 mm. Hitachi are the first manufacturer to announced RS-MMC cards up to 64 MB in capacity. It’s clear that this new reduced size format is aimed primarily at the mobile phone / PDA market but I’m sure it would also offer digital camera manufacturers the opportunity to build even smaller digital cameras.
So here are the formats available in order to store your stuff: PCMCIA solid state or hard drive, Compact Flash (I & II), Microdrive, SmartMedia, Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick, xD (Fuji and Olympus’ stupid format), and [drumroll…] RS-MMC.
Crap, which one does my camera take? What about my PDA? Oh, that’s right, they’re all different.