Talk:SmartMedia

"Installed Base"?

Re: [from the article] "Since these multi-card readers are becoming increasingly common, especially on new computers, the installed base of Smartmedia cards is still increasing and has never been larger as of 2006."

I don't understand what is meant by this phrase "installed base". TheScotch 07:18,--DaveDodgy (talk) 18:34, 12 May 2008 (UTC) 23 December 2006 (UTC)

The "installed base" refers to the number of computers that are readily able to use SmartMedia cards without the end-user having to go out, buy and install extra hardware to do so. Most new computers these days include a multi-card reader (A device able to read SmartMedia, Secure Digital, Compact Flash, XD, Memory Stick, etc. all in a single device) as a replacement for the near-extinct floppy drive. Even though cameras and other similar devices that use SmartMedia are no longer being created, these multi-card readers are still being made with slots that can read SmartMedia. Thus, the number of SmartMedia readers is still going up. 199.120.119.129 16:08, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Dating

Re: [from the article]: "Both Toshiba and Samsung still make SmartMedia cards to be used in existing devices (up to 128 MB), and rebadged versions are still offered for sale by a wide variety of memory card makers including Lexar and Sandisk."

Since these sorts of things appear to be changing rapidly, I think it would help if all such statements were dated. Are both of the above statements true as of December 22, 2006? TheScotch 07:22, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

As far as I can see, Lexar and SanDisk are no longer producing the cards at all (although there is a specifications page left up on the Lexar site, it isn't mentioned anywhere else, and there is almost no mention at all on the SanDisk site). I couldn't find anything at all from Toshiba's site, but Samsung appears to list it in the EOL category. So, I would say that the statement from the article is incorrect. It doesn't seem as if they are being manufactured any more. Codplay 05:38, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

I have edited the article. Codplay 05:51, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

"Dominant Design question!"

As off late 2005. Do you think there's a dominant design in the flash memory market? Is there a dominant player (SanDisk, may be?) in the market? or the battle for the dominant design is still going on, and no single company has its design chosen as the dominant design yet?

Answer

SD And Memory Stick May Be Dominant For Most MP3 Players Besides IPOD and flash based players, Most Cameras Are Either SD or Compactflash and XD. Smartmedia Is Rare And Only Goes Up To 128mb w/out bankswitching I belive. So SD May Be Dominant. Offensiveandconfusing 15:38, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Comparison Photo

Would someone please post a photo or detailed drawing showing exactly which corner is truncated on the 5 volt vs. 3.3 volt version of the SmartMedia card? None of the present images are identified as to which voltage level they are. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.108.217.187 (talk) 07:29, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

0.5Mb capacity

I have a Sega branded, purple 0.5Mb 5V SmartMedia card, for my Sega Digio SJ-1 camera. I was amazed at this small capacity. But hey... it was new, around 1995. So I'll update the main page with this capacity lower end, from 2Mb down to 0.5Mb. Anyone disagree, I'll post a photo/scan of it. Where can I upload it anyway ? -Dave --DaveDodgy (talk) 18:34, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

I wonder then if this means there might also have been 1mb cards at one point? Unless that was simply a very early pack-in and they quickly moved up to 2mb to be *just* over the capacity of a floppy (with the arrival of e.g. the Mavica camera)... if the former case, we could just say 0.5mb and powers of 2 over it to 128mb or something (I can't quite think how to word that elegantly ;) 193.63.174.10 (talk) 14:17, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Obsolete since...?

"there have been no new devices designed for use with SmartMedia for many years now"

"There have been no new devices designed for SmartMedia for quite a long time now"

Some multi format card readers continue to support the format (as of March 2011). 86.166.68.216 (talk) 19:06, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

What that means is a device such as a digital camera that actually uses it, not just a "reader" that reads it. John Alan Elson★ WF6I A.P.O.I. 02:18, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Toshiba

Does toshiba really own smartmedia card?Dylpickleh8 (talk) 02:39, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

How long ago is "many years now"? I think this needs to be clarified. A FujiFilm digital camera that I bought in 2000 took SmartMedia cards, so we're definitely talking less than ten years here. 217.155.20.163 (talk) 22:37, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

And one I bought in 2002, and another 18 months after (when it suffered a premature death)... 193.63.174.10 (talk) 14:18, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

256MB card seen in shop window in 2001

In September 2001 I happened to see a 256MB SmartMedia card on display in a Beijing computer shop window. It certainly was for sale there, but as I did not buy it, I cannot tell whether it actually would have worked. -- Klaus with K (talk) 15:48, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Probably fake, man... I'm not sure they even had >64mb at that point. There's plenty enough flash products from disreputable factories (largely eastern ones) that state one size but are simply lying about it. Quite a problem at the lower end of the market. No warranty offered, so unless you convince the shop owner to let you test it before handing over the money you're at their mercy. 193.63.174.10 (talk) 14:20, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

  Probably fake, man...

Cannot tell. But it was quite a decent-looking shop near the university. Cannot say how much reputation is worth in this particular Chinese location.

  I'm not sure they even had >64mb at that point.

On that China trip of mine there was a 128MB card in my camera, so be assured, they did already exist. -- Klaus with K (talk) 15:33, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Circa 1999 I updated my boss' Olympus camera firmware, the changelog for which stated 256 meg SmartMedia support. But of course the 256 meg cards were never sold, at least not to the public through regular commercial channels. When SmartMedia card production ended, prices on the 128 meg cards went insane. People were paying more for one card than the price of a new, higher resolution digital camera, able to use 2gig XD or SD Card.Bizzybody (talk) 04:57, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

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