SanDisk Ultra II SDHC card hits 32 GB

Sandisk has taken its Ultra II line of SDHC memory cards to new storage heights with a 32 gigabyte model. The SDHC card format is finding a home in increasing numbers of digital still cameras and camcorders, and Sandisk says the 32 GB card will hold around 8,000 high-resolution images or up to 40 hours of video (actual capacity depends on a number of factors including file format, amount of compression and image resolution). The company has also introduced a 16 GB version of the card. Both are rated as Class 4 SDHC cards and Sandisk says that's good for read and write speeds of up 15 megabytes per second.
Sandisk has also introduced an eight gigabyte card in its Ultra II SDHC Plus line. The defining feature of the Plus line is a novel hinged design called Hinge Lock technology: the card is hinged and when folded, a USB connection is revealed that may be inserted into a USB port on any computer. In other words no extra cables or card readers are needed to connect the card to a computer.