Original URL: http://www.reghardware.com/2007/05/17/samsung_8gb_microsd/
Samsung shouts up 'first' 8GB MicroSD card
Need a high-capacity MicroSD card for your phone? Samsung today slipped out what it claims is the world's first card of that kind with a capacity of 8GB - big enough for five DVD-quality movies.
Unwilling to stop quoting big numbers, Samsung also said the card has a peak read speed of 16MBps, falling to 6MBps when data is being written. That's better than a Class 4 MicroSDHC card, the company boasted. It is, but then that's because it's a Class 6 rating, though Samsung shied away from describing its product as an SHDC-compatible item. Many high-capacity MicroSDHC cards are Class 2, though Class 4 devices are available too and Class 6 products aren't entirely uncommon.
However, Samsung has the edge on MicroSD capacity, though how many handsets out there can actually use its card remains to be seen. Motorola's new Z8 [1] can, and others will going forward. However, Samsung didn't say when phone owners will be able to get their hands on the card.