SanDisk Corporation today introduced a 4-gigabyte (GB) SanDisk Ultra II SD High Capacity (SDHC) card to meet the growing demand for higher capacity storage. The new cards can store more than 2,000 high-resolution pictures or up to 8 hours of MPEG 4 video. The SanDisk Ultra II SDHC card features write speeds of 9 megabytes (MB) per second and read speeds of 10MB/sec. The cards are targeted at digital photography enthusiasts with 5 mega-pixel or higher resolution digital cameras or videographers with camcorders that require significantly faster flash storage cards. The SanDisk MicroMate USB 2.0 reader is bundled with the 4GB SanDisk Ultra II SDHC card at no extra charge.
SanDisk 4GB Ultra II SDHC Bundle with MicroMate SDHC/SD will be available from October 2006 for approximately $220.