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SD Cards to Triple in Speed by 2012
Well this is surely a bit of surprising news. The SD Card Association has announced that it is working on a revision to current memory cards that will triple the speeds by 2012. This revision is being made possible because the SD Card Association realized it could add another row of pins lower than the already placed ones. The Association is still debating on how many contacts the second row will have but either way this will allow the speeds of SD cards to triple. Current SD cards have a maxium speed of 104MB/second but the actual transfer rates are slower. The new revision, simply called SD 4.0 for now, will have a maximum speed of 300MB/s which will be blistering fast for any use. This will surely be a welcome boost to users of smartphones and tablets who rely on SD cards for storage.
In addition to not knowing how many contacts to add, the Association does not know exactly what to call the new cards. The current crop of high speed cards are called UHS-I for ultra high-speed bus so it is possible these new cards will be named UHS-II. However that name is still up in the air so it could change over time. This new revision should be finished in the first part of 2011 with products, including microSD cards, hitting retail in 2012.
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AMD to Launch DisplayPort to Single Link DVI Adapters
Hot on the heels of Sapphire announcing plans to launch active DisplayPort to single link DVI adapters, AMD itself has announced plans that it will launch adapters of its own. These adapters will be very inexpensive compared to the active DisplayPort to dual link DVI adapters that go for $100 as AMD states that the single link adapters will cost no more than $30. How does that sound to get some Eyefinity action going on? Just like Sapphire's adapter, the ones by AMD are only single link to help reduce the price but that means you are limited to a resolution of 1920x1200 on the connected monitor. With an adapter costing $30, anyone will be able to run Eyefinity provided they have the room and expenses for three or more monitors. AMD is hoping more people will be able to experience Eyefinity, not just for gaming but also for enhanced productivity during office tasks.
AMD is going to have various partners, like Sapphire, sell the adapters though no launch date was announced. For a cost of $30, I think there will be many people interested in these.
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Verizon Wireless Announces Prepaid Smartphone Data Plans
Verizon Wireless has just announced new prepaid smartphone data plans which will cover pretty much every smartphone in its stable. The 3G Prepaid data package will encompass various 3G smartphone and multimedia phones for $30 a month data access. There is also a $10 a month package that gives you 25MB of data per month with a fee of 20 cents per MB overage. The $30 a month plan gives you unlimited data so it will be up to you on which plan is the best choice. The supported smartphones are the BlackBerry Curve 8350, Curve 8550, Storm 9530, Storm 2 9550, Tour 9630, Bold 9650, Palm Pre Plus, Pixi Plus, Motorola Devour, Droid, Droid X, Droid 2, HTC Droid Eris, Droid Incredible, and LG Ally. The multimedia phones are the LG enV Touch, enV 3, Chocolate Touch, VX8360, Samsung Alias 2, Renown, Nokia Twist, and Casio Exilim.
The prepaid data plans are available in store today and online on September 28th.
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