Another day, another new flash memory format. The madness has to stop! Sony Europe’s Recording Media & Energy (RME) division has announced the Memory Stick Micro (M2) products with storage capacities of 256MB, 512MB and 1GB.

The new ultra-small memory card is designed to meet the growing storage needs of highly compact, multifunctional mobile phones. An M2 adapter in the size of a standard Memory Stick will also allow you to exchange data to Memory Stick PRO compatible products.

The M2 media is approximately one-quarter the volume of Memory Stick PRO Duo media, yet only about 1.2mm thick. M2 media is designed as an externally removable media with a controlled eject function to prevent you losing the media.

Following the trend of mobile phones which operate at 1.8-Volts, the M2 has been designed as dual-voltage media. In addition to 1.8-Volt support, the media offers 3.3-Volt operation which is required for existing Memory Stick PRO compatible products.

Launched yesterday, Sony Ericsson’s M600 is the first mobile phone compatible with the M2. You can use the new UMTS messaging phone to store various types of content to the M2 media, such as contacts and e-mail attachments as well as multimedia files including music, pictures, video clips and documents.

Sony plans to ship the 256MB and 512MB versions of the M2 media from March, and the 1GB model from May 2006. The estimated end-user price of the M2 media will be similar to the price of the current Memory Stick PRO Duo media. Availability and prices will vary from country to country.

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