Not long after Toshiba unveiled its flagship glasses-free 3D TV, the company has once again launched a world first with this latest technological innovation. Revealed at the IFA 2011 consumer electronics show in Berlin, Toshiba has developed the world’s first SDHC memory card with embedded wireless LAN functionality.
The new card, called FlashAir, has an impressive 8GB capacity while being able to download/upload data from servers as well as supporting peer-to-peer transfers.
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Toshiba said: “At a time when digital cameras have achieved immense popularity, users want a quick and easy way to share photographs with friends and to transfer them to and from online storage services and social networks. Toshiba provides the solution with FlashAir, the world's first SDHC memory card with embedded wireless LAN functionality that is fully compliant with the SD Memory Card Standard.”
Samples will be available in Japan from November 2011 and will go on sale in February 2011. The memory card can support various common files including JPEG, RAW and MPEG however prices are yet to be announced.
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