OT: The yearly gasp over technology improvements...(changed fromlow traffic)

[Kenneth Brody]

dayone wrote:
> 
> At 11:01 AM 8/13/2004, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> 
> .....snip........
> 
> >Check out the xD memory cards.  Not much bigger than a penny (and thinner),
> >and they're going to have 8GB soon.
> 
> Is this xD card the same as the xD-picture card -- as in my Olympus camera?

Yes.

> what USB device besides the camera does it plug into?

Well, there are USB readers that handle multiple types of media.  (I got
an xD/SmartMedia combo reader for $15 [free after rebate] at OfficeMax a
couple of months ago.  There are also readers that take all current memory
cards, but those are more expensive than "free".)

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