Transcend Announces the Memory Stick Adapters and Reader/Writer

Transcend Information, Inc. introduced a new line of adapters and a USB Memory Stick Reader/Writer for Memory Stick. For notebook computers or PDAs with a PCMCIA slot, there is the Memory Stick Adapter. For PDAs with a CompactFlash Card slot, there is the Memory Stick/CompactFlash Adapter. For any computer system with a USB port, there is the Memory Stick Reader/Writer.

Orange California, USA, May 08, 2002/Various Agencies-TTranscend Information, Inc. (Transcend) introduced a new line of adapters and a USB Memory Stick Reader/Writer for Memory Stick. Lately there has been a growing trend towards the use of small flash memory cards for a variety of consumer electronic products. Memory Stick Media has gradually increased its market status and achieved a higher market share among small flash memory storage cards. Several popular digital cameras and MP3 players have been specially designed for use with Memory Stick as the data storage medium. However, only a very few computer systems are built with the capability of directly using Memory Stick Media. Transcend now provides a series of solutions to this problem. For notebook computers or PDAs with a PCMCIA slot, there is the Memory Stick Adapter. For PDAs with a CompactFlash Card slot, there is the Memory Stick/CompactFlash Adapter. For any computer system with a USB port, there is the Memory Stick Reader/Writer. These new products will make it more convenient than ever for consumers to use Memory Stick Media for data storage, transfer, and exchange.

Features

Memory Stick Adapter:

   -   Compatible with all PC cards and sockets
   -   Auto sensing PCMCIA/ATA host interface
   -   Very low power consumption, low weight, and noiseless
   -   Automatic error detection and retry capability
   -   To/From Host Burst Data Transfer Rate: Max to 16.67MB/sec (PIO Mode 4)
   -   Supports Hot-Swapping
   -   Supported by all major operating systems, including Windows 95/98/2000/Me/XP and Mac OS 8.6 and up
   -   Transcend Five-Year Warranty

Memory Stick/CF Adapter:

   -   Auto sensing CF/ATA host interface
   -   Very low power consumption, low weight, and noiseless
   -   Automatic error detection and retry capability
   -   To/From Host Burst Data Transfer Rate: Max to 16.67MB/sec (PIO Mode 4)
   -   Supports Hot-Swapping
   -   Supported by all major operating systems, including Windows 95/98/2000/Me/XP and Mac OS 8.6 and up.
   -   Transcend Five-Year Warranty

Memory Stick Reader/Writer:

   -   Key chain style design for portability
   -   Compliant with USB specification version 1.1
   -   USB bus powered. No external power needed.
   -   High performance data transfer rate: Over 350 Kbytes/sec
   -   Supports Hot-Swapping for dynamic plug-in or removal from USB port.
   -   Supported by all major operating systems, including Windows 98SE/2000/Me/XP and Mac OS 8.6 and up.
   -   Transcend Five-Year Warranty
Purchasing Information
Item   Part Number   Dimension
Memory Stick Adapter   TS0MMS2PC   85.6mm x 54.0mm x 3.3mm
Memory Stick/CF Adapter   TS0MMS2CF   50.2mm x 42.8mm x 3.3mm
Memory Stick Reader/Writer   TS0MMS2UB   71.1mm x 48.4mm x 17.0mm