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Compact Flash Memory Cards

Blogger | Feb 9, 2010 |

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Compact flash memory cards are a mass storage device used for storing data mainly from portable electronic devices such as laptops, cameras, mobile cell phones and audio and video players. They are designed using flash technology which is a non volatile solution that can retain data without requiring a constant power source. This type of memory card is lightweight, slim and consumes around 5% of the power required by the device. The cards were first introduced to the world in 1994 by the very popular memory card manufacturer Sandisk.

But Sandisk are only one of many manufacturers out there today who produce compact flash memory cards. Other manufacturers are Sony, Samsung, Canon, Fujiflim, Panosonic and Memorex to name just a few. The memory card business is huge, all over the world billions of cards are manufactured and sold each year.

With such big business, bring in the counterfeiters and fake memory cards of all the top leading brands are widespread all over the world. So it would always be a wise move to buy your compact flash memory cards from reputable retailers to ensure that you are not getting low quality and inferior fake memory cards.

Memory cards just keep getting cheaper and cheaper and it wasn't too long ago when it would cost you quite a bit of money to purchase a memory card over 8gb in size. If you shop around you can buy large data cards for next to nothing now, especially when you buy them in bulk.

An average person owns around 3 to 4 compact flash memory cards, one for their mobile cell phones, one to two memory cards for their digital camera and one for their video and audio devices.

Lets take a closer look at just two of the top memory card manufacturers out there today in the marketplace. The first company we are going to look at is Sandisk, this company is considered by many to be the best memory card maker and is very competitively priced with at the time of writing this article a 8gb Ultra II flash card costing you under fifty dollars. The most popular Sandisk compact flash memory cards are the Extreme and the Ultra memory cards.

The second company is Qmemory, this companies memory cards are slightly cheaper than Sandisk with an 8gb card coming in at under 30 dollars. If you are looking for lots of storage space but don't want to spend too much money then Qmemory is probably going to be the compact flash memory card manufacturer for you. These are just two manufacturers, there are many more so shop around to find yourself the cheapest and best deals.