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I want you to think about your parents or grandparents for a minute, and think about all the times they ask you for help with today’s current technology.  I bet more times than not, they turn to you nearly several times a week for simple questions about their phones, computers,… Continue Reading »

When you think of Sprint, you probably think of phones and the wireless carrier.  However, in less than a year, you may be associating Sprint with other companies such as Amazon, Garmin, Eastman Kodak, SanDisk, and Ford.  How does Sprint plan to associate themselves with big name companies such as… Continue Reading »

SanDisk saw their stocks take a huge leap recently as a result of rumors of a possible buyout from either Samsung or Toshiba.  Their shares jumped 12.5 percent and as of this morning were over $10. Samsung has had a long standing interest in the company and tried to obtain… Continue Reading »

SanDisk and LG have partnered together to create a flash card that cellular providers can lock down to their service only.  This new “smart card” will allow companies to provide many features and services on removable cards without worrying about piracy across phones.  This opens the door for more iPhone… Continue Reading »

Click for a larger image. SanDisk showed off its newest products, slotRadio and its one-touch backup USB drive, at that tiny event known as CES.  No one at SanDisk would give information about what compression is used on the slotRadio microSD cards that hold 1000 songs, but they had listening… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: SanDisk's 2009 CES Booth

I got a chance to speak to Doreet Oren, Director of Product Marketing, SSD for SanDisk.  She told me about the SSDs that SanDisk introduced at CES and we spoke about SanDisk’s plans. SanDisk is focusing on two markets with their SSDs: netbooks and traditional laptops.  For the netbooks, SanDisk… Continue Reading »

Click for a larger image. Can’t get enough of the slotRadio, the microSD music player that even has an AM/FM tuner?  We got to play around with the slotRadio and find out what SanDisk thinks about the device.  The SanDisk rep preferred to think of it as you get 1000… Continue Reading »

Click for a larger image. When I first heard of SanDisk’s slotRadio idea, I thought they were absolutely crazy.  If you haven’t read the information, you get a slotRadio player and a microSD card full of 1000 songs for $100.  Now, if my phone came with a microSD card with… Continue Reading »

At CES, SanDisk recently announced a new type of MP3 player that, instead of downloading and purchasing music, you can purchase a special card that is preloaded with top music.  Let’s see what exactly this is and how it all works.  Continue Reading »

This morning, Sandisk unveiled its latest and greatest in flash memory: 60GB, 120GB, and even 240GB solid state drives (SSD) to fuel new-age laptops.  The drives are crammed into 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch bodies, and seem to have some great performance—200MB/sec read and 140MB/sec write. Due out in the middle of… Continue Reading »