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Of course, back when the volumes were small (but in any case more than a floppy disk) and the prices high, but demand determines supply. Once upon a time, and simple CD-R cost more than a dollar. Just remember my friend, amateur photographer, who gladly informed me that the gigs Compact flash is less than 100 dollars. What we are seeing now – and all they see themselves. Three-inch disk drives has been firmly replaced on the card readers is “very much-in-one», and the information is transferred using a small USB flash Drive, size and price of which would have made ten years ago, sobbing HDD manufacturers.

Whether we like it or not, but there is a new standard – Flash, a three-inch floppy disk, a dozen of which now stands as a flash card to 1 GB, slowly and steadily go on pension, as at the time that the floppy to 5.25 inches.

First and foremost it is understood producers of all peripherals. Developed a digital photo. Want to print photos at home? No problem! But you do not have a computer? But who needs it! And in many photo printers started appearing card readers and USB-ports. Inserting a flash (or memory card directly from the camera), luggage, paper and print photos. Simple.

He has recorded another music or movie to flash? No problem – here’s a music center, which will see there is music or player, which will see there videos. While not quite imagine that you can write to flash, so it can be used in the refrigerator, but I think that this milestone is not far off.

Once upon a time in my work for the Merit was given an MP3 player 512 MB. As many as 512 megabytes! Funny, right? A two and a half years ago it was quite decent. However, for free … Okay, you understand. However, the player broke down a couple of months ago, and I understand that repairing it will come out more expensive than buying a new and more voluminous. But habit, you know … And a mess – just flashing vanished. But not so simple. Firmware, which I saw on the manufacturer’s web site a year ago (I was searching for a new version, which would be supported by Russian tags), now there traces evaporated. Letter of Support Services has not produced results (obsolete model, little memory, drivers and firmware somewhere suddenly disappeared, can not be found). flash-memory is getting cheaper in the eyes, the world exploded, and its successors can not escape the technological progress. It is a pity that the sausage is made not on the flash-memory, and it becomes more expensive all the time … But I digress.

Who else was not affected by the technology of flash? Take, for example, motorists. This is a separate type of people who, by and large, do not care about the rest of the world. It was to the road, but the garage, where you can hide from his wife and drink beer. And, after drinking beer, I want to hear some soul music. So, what would the topic. Car stereo systems that understand the MP3 discs now not surprise anyone, but what if you have a car just old FM-receiver? And do not worry about you too, take care and come up with such a thing called FM-modulator. It is inserted it into the cigarette lighter is configured to transfer signals at a certain frequency, which was exhibited at the receiver, and then … Right! In the modulator is inserted into our consistent flash with our favorite songs “in the subject.”

By the way, there is another “flash” theme. Since flash memory – it is not only a USB flash Drive, it is not surprising that appeared in several formats. Each manufacturer of such a flash-memory, which would make more money, invented a device for which it produces its own standard. Most things like the company likes to Sony, which has never wanted to lose the opportunity to put it in my pocket an extra billion. But, in this case, it succeeded not too good. The fact that the flash-card Memory Stick, which are used in most of the technology from Sony, such as in cameras or mobile phones brand Sony Erricson, too slow and very expensive. But until recently, it was the only standard that is recognized devices production Sony. Speaking of cameras, then there is another company that does not particularly like it when its device shoved others’ memory card flash. This Olympus. They have developed a standard that is quite different at high speed. It is called the xD. Pretty fast card for its time, but, given the constantly rising speed SD cards and lower their cost, xD, as well as Memory Stick, losing their audience. Just a lot of buyers, in addition to the quality of the device itself, became interested in it and used the type of memory. And, accordingly, the price on it. A price card type Memory Stick and xD are the highest. What would be because of such trifles do not lose the demand for its cameras, and Sony, and Olympus cameras have made in their support of today’s most common formats – SD. Thus it turns out that memory standard in advertising the new device – this is not the last case.

And finally … When only the DVD-RW drives have declined sufficiently in value, and the blanks for him did not at the price of hiding behind the clouds, it seemed that the crisis of free space on your hard drive has passed forever, and that DVD-RW will save us from this. Exactly the same thought now comes to mind when you see the news about Blu-Ray. But when you see how expensive flash 8 or 16 GB, you realize that Blu-Ray will not help. As a single-disc – perhaps, but the discs will not be popular – it is absolutely accurate. Because it is much easier to put a little gizmo in his pants pocket than a poke in the bag, a fairly large by today’s standards, the disc.

In general, the revolution was accomplished and flash appeared. And while not yet set a new, one must get used to and learn what is there.