SanDisk unveils 2GB SD card

SanDisk has unveiled the younger sibling of the Ultra II SD Plus card. Featuring an attractive storage capacity of 2GB, the card should be available from June. Design Technica reports that the card folds in half to reveal a USB connector, allowing users to plug it directly into a USB port.

Targeting digital photographers, the USB connectivity of the card eliminates the need for a card reader. Tanya Chuang, senior retail product marketing manager at SanDisk, commented on the convenience of the card, and said "With 2GB of capacity you can take many hundreds of high-resolution photos and transfer the images to a computer quickly and easily with the built-in USB connector."

The Photo Marketing Association International conducted its annual convention and trade show, awarding its 2006 PMA Hall of Fame Award to Shigetaka Komori, president, representative director and CEO of Fuji Photo Film, Tokyo, Japan. Imaging Info states that the award is the highest honour given by PMA, the international trade association in the photo imaging industry.

Fred Lerner, president of the PMA, states: "The PMA board of trustees selects people who have achieved personal success and have played a major role in the advancement of the photo imaging industry," and added that Komori fits this description.

According to Digital Photography News & Reviews, Corel and Lexar Media have announced a partnership which will provide customers with an automated solution - photos will be transformed as they are downloaded from a memory card.

Corel software Paint Shop Pro X and Photo Album 6 will support Lexar ActiveMemory-enabled flash memory cards for digital cameras. By storing their Paint Shop Pro X automation script on a Lexar AMS-enabled flash memory card, customers can download and pre-process their photos in what promises to be a once-off, seamless process.