Toshiba claims first with 8GB WiFi enabled SDHC memory card
The world's first SDHC memory card to feature embedded wireless LAN functionality has been touted by Toshiba.
The company's new FlashAir product conforms with the SD memory card standard, has an 8GB capacity and supports both peer to peer transfers and uploads to and downloads from servers.
The module's wireless communication function allows users to upload and download photographs to and from a server and to exchange photographs and other data with other devices. This includes digital cameras that are FlashAir compliant and smartphones and pcs that support wireless LAN.
Toshiba's FlashAir is sampling now and is expected to go on sale in February 2012.