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| SanDisk International CES Innovations 2009 Honoree |
 SanDisk has announced that it has been named an International CES Innovations 2009 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree for its 16 gigabyte (GB)1 microSDHC™ and Memory Stick Micro™ (M2)™ mobile phone memory cards. Products entered in this prestigious program are judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, engineers and members of the trade press in order to honor outstanding design and engineering in cutting edge consumer electronics products.SanDisk’s 16GB microSDHC and M2 mobile memory cards are the world’s largest removable storage capacity for mobile phones. These fingernail-sized memory cards allow consumers to take advantage of the many storage-intensive features offered by today’s portable handsets, such as music and video playback, photo and video recording functions, gaming and GPS applications. In addition to mobile phones, consumers can use the 16GB microSDHC and M2 memory cards in a variety of other devices, including video cameras, GPS receivers, or MP3 players with microSD™ slots such as SanDisk’s Sansa® players. SanDisk’s 16GB microSDHC and M2 mobile phone memory cards will be demonstrated at the 2009 International CES in South Hall # 30659, which runs January 8-11, 2009 in Las Vegas. The Innovations Design and Engineering Showcase will also feature displays and honorees by product category at the Sands Expo and Convention Center Booth #72062, where SanDisk will give a presentation on its 16GB mobile phone memory cards on Friday, January 9 at 3 p.m. The widely renowned Innovations Design and Engineering Awards recognize achievements in product design and engineering. This awards program is sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, which produces the International CES, the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow. The Innovations entries are judged based on the following criteria: * Engineering qualities, based on technical specs and materials used * Aesthetic and design qualities, using photos provided * The product’s intended use/function and user value Unique/novel features that consumers would find attractive Innovations 2009 Design and Engineering honoree products are featured at www.CESweb.org/Innovations, For more information about SanDisk’s mobile phone memory products, see www.sandisk.com/mobile. |
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About Sandisk
Founded in 1988 by Dr. Eli Harari, an internationally recognized
authority on non-volatile memory technology, SanDisk has grown to
become the world's largest supplier of innovative flash memory data
storage products.
Serving both consumers (with more than 200,000 retail storefronts
worldwide) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), SanDisk
designs, develops, manufactures and markets flash storage card products
for a wide variety of electronic systems and digital devices. SanDisk
also licenses its technology to a number of other industry-leading
companies.
With flash memory's capability for storing large amounts of data
in a compact, removable format, SanDisk's products have helped drive
the exponential growth in sales of digital cameras, multi-function
mobile phones, USB flash drives, digital audio/video players, and other
digital consumer devices.
SanDisk currently has approximately 780 issued U.S. patents, and
more than 400 foreign patents, and is the only company, worldwide, that
has the rights to both manufacture and sell every major flash card
format, including CompactFlash®, SD™, miniSD™, microSD™,
MultiMediaCard™, Reduced Size MultiMediaCard (RS-MMC™ ), Memory Stick
PRO™ and related Memory Stick® products, xD-Picture Card™ and USB flash
drives.
SanDisk became a publicly traded company (NASDAQ:SNDK) in November 1995, and in 2006 revenues grew to $3.3 billion. With more than 2000 employees, worldwide, SanDisk is headquartered in Milpitas, California.
