MILPITAS, CALIFORNIA, August 28, 2007 –
SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today announced an 8 gigabyte
(GB)1 model of its popular Cruzer® Micro USB flash drive,
double the largest capacity previously available in the Cruzer Micro line.
Only two inches long, a half-inch thick and weighing less
than half an ounce, the 8GB Cruzer Micro nonetheless can hold a massive personal
library – 1,600 ultra-high-resolution digital pictures, 2,000 digital songs or
five hours of high-quality home video2.
“Just a few years ago,
USB flash drives had such limited capacities that they were only useful for
moving a few files from one computer to another,” said Ittai Golde, senior
director of product marketing for the USB Division of SanDisk. “Now, you don’t
have to decide what files to put on a Cruzer Micro. You can load the drive with
virtually everything you might need when you’re away from your primary
computer.”
Cruzer Micro packs an impressive list of features into a
small package:
- A sliding USB connector means there’s no cap to
lose, and the connector is protected from damage when the drive is not in use.
- The slider switch is illuminated by an amber
LED light when the drive is active, making it easy to see – when the light goes
out – that it’s safe to unplug the drive.
- U3™ Smart Technology for running applications
directly from the drive, without those applications having to be installed on
the computer. U3-compatible software provided free with Cruzer Micro includes
the PC phone service Skype™, SanDisk’s own CruzerSync™ for synchronizing files
between a PC and the drive, the password manager program SignupShield™ Passwords
from Protecteer, and a trial version of McAfee anti-virus software.
Pricing and Availability
Cruzer Micro 8GB is
expected to be available worldwide in mid-September with a manufacturer’s
suggested retail price in the United States of $129.99. Cruzer Micro also
continues to be available in four smaller capacities, with U.S. MSRPs generally
as follows: 512 MB for $14.99, 1GB for $24.99, 2GB for $39.99 and 4GB for
$69.99.
SanDisk is the original inventor of flash storage cards and is
the world’s largest supplier of flash data storage card products, using its
patented, high-density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is
headquartered in Milpitas, California, and has operations worldwide, with more
than half its sales outside the U.S.
11 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes. 1 megabyte (MB) =
1 million bytes.
2 Approximations based on JPEG images with
average file size of 5 megabytes (for pictures); 4 minute songs at 128 kbps MP3
(for songs) and 5 hours of MPEG 4 video (30 frames per second, 640x480, 3Mb/sec.
for video). Actual numbers may vary.
SanDisk’s web site/home page
address: http://www.sandisk.com
