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The original Sansa View was SanDisk's attempt at a portable media player, with a 4-inch screen, built-in speaker and an expansion slot for SDHC and SD cards. It was announced on the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show. On June 1, 2007, SanDisk announced that the player had been shelved. [4] It has since been redesigned and launched.
The cards were developed by Olympus and Fujifilm, and introduced into the market in July 2002. Toshiba Corporation and Samsung Electronics manufactured the cards for Olympus and Fujifilm. xD cards were sold under other brands, including Kodak, SanDisk, PNY, and Lexar, but were not branded with the respective companies' logos, except for Kodak.
The card is composed of two detachable parts, much like a microSD card with an SD adapter. The small memory card fits directly in a USB port and has MMC-compatible electrical contacts. With an included electromechanical adapter, it can also fit in traditional MMC and SD card readers.
X (requires an eXternal adapter) – Technically the same as E, but such adapter usually consists of 2 parts: a pseudo-card with pin routing and physical enclosure size that perfectly match the target slot and a break-out box (a card reader) that holds a real card. Such adapter is the least comfortable to use.
CompactFlash IDE (ATA) emulation speed is usually specified in "x" ratings, e.g. 8x, 20x, 133x. This is the same system used for CD-ROMs and indicates the maximum transfer rate in the form of a multiplier based on the original audio CD data transfer rate, which is 150 kB/s.
The company is known for its flash memory products, including memory cards and readers, USB flash drives, solid-state drives, and digital audio players. The company was owned by Western Digital (WD) from 2016 to 2025; in 2023, WD announced its intent to divest the entirety of its flash storage business as a new public company under the SanDisk ...
While availability of dedicated SmartMedia readers has dropped off, readers that read multiple card types (such as 4-in-1, 10-in-1) continued production, but even these have decreased in quantity over time, with many dropping SmartMedia in favour of microSD and/or Memory Stick Micro. As of August 2024 only legacy card readers remain in production.
SanDisk and Sony develop “Memory Stick Micro” (M2) format – SanDisk/Sony press release, September 30, 2005. SanDisk and Sony announce "Memory Stick Pro-HG" (HG) format – December 1, 2006. Complete Memory Stick® Media Compatibility Information for Sony® Digital Cameras Sony eSupport July 2011.