SanDisk 2 GB Memory Stick Info

With recent hype of the U.S. shipment of 2GB SanDisk Memory Stick PRO Duo?s across various websites we thought we?d give you a little roundup so that you can compare possible price vs. capacity, and give a little technical info on memory sticks.

With the high cost of 1GB sticks, it is hard to believe recent reports on pricing of the 2 GB sticks, but with quite a few outlets claiming a sub-$200 price tag (although very varying prices), one must assume that the price may be lower than expected.

Some users might wonder why sticks are advertised at a certain capacity actually store a significantly smaller amount of data. This is simply because manufacturing companies consider a gigabyte as 1000 megabytes of data, while everyone else abides by the more accurate mathematical 1024 megabytes of data. This can account for a significantly lower amount of storage than expected, especially in larger sized memorysticks. Many of you might find [this chart] interesting and helpful.

And a bit of techy info for those interested.: When recording data to a Memory Stick media using a compatible device, a folder is automatically created in accordance with the data type and format. That’s why various types of digital content can be stored on a single media, without the user having to pay attention to file format or folder structure.

As Memory Stick applications expand to a wider variety of areas, automatically recordable data categories are also increasing. They are recorded so as not to affect the data already stored on the media. Comment below.

With recent hype of the U.S. shipment of 2GB SanDisk Memory Stick PRO Duo?s across various websites we thought we?d give you a little roundup so that you can compare possible price vs. capacity, and give a little technical info on memory sticks.

With the high cost of 1GB sticks, it is hard to believe recent reports on pricing of the 2 GB sticks, but with quite a few outlets claiming a sub-$200 price tag (although very varying prices), one must assume that the price may be lower than expected.

Some users might wonder why sticks are advertised at a certain capacity actually store a significantly smaller amount of data. This is simply because manufacturing companies consider a gigabyte as 1000 megabytes of data, while everyone else abides by the more accurate mathematical 1024 megabytes of data. This can account for a significantly lower amount of storage than expected, especially in larger sized memorysticks. Many of you might find [this chart] interesting and helpful.

And a bit of techy info for those interested.: When recording data to a Memory Stick media using a compatible device, a folder is automatically created in accordance with the data type and format. That’s why various types of digital content can be stored on a single media, without the user having to pay attention to file format or folder structure.

As Memory Stick applications expand to a wider variety of areas, automatically recordable data categories are also increasing. They are recorded so as not to affect the data already stored on the media. Comment below.