New 512GB microSD memory card will make you go power-mad
Remember when Mashable's Ray Wong felt like a god because he held a 400GB microSD card on his finger? Well, Integral Memory's new 512GB microSD card has just demoted him to a lesser god. A demigod, if you will.
That's right: If you're really, really hungry for more storage space on your Android phone or a camera, you can now boost its capacity to half a terabyte with a tiny microSD card, the most capacious such card yet.
The card supports the Video Speed Class 10 (V10) standard, which means it has a minimum sequential write speed of 10MB/s, but Integral Memory says the card delivers up to 80MB/s transfer speeds. In other words, it's fast.
While 512GB might sound excessive to most users, anyone who records a lot of 4K video (and with today's smartphones, 4K video recording is quite a common feature) will appreciate the extra storage space.
The card will be available in February this year, but there's no word on price yet.
Stan is a Senior Editor at Mashable, where he has worked since 2007. He's got more battery-powered gadgets and band t-shirts than you. He writes about the next groundbreaking thing. Typically, this is a phone, a coin, or a car. His ultimate goal is to know something about everything.
