SD/MMC cards, a year later

[Hal Murray]

> One frustration has been the rate of change in the SD industry. The dominant
> model from a vendor in a particular size and speed may only be in production
> for three or four months before being superseded.  Vendors are reluctant to
> properly inform Quanta of changes which might require retesting.   The
> result is that SD card certification is an ongoing process. 

How many do I have to buy before a distributor or manufacturer will 
cooperate?  Or how much extra does it cost to get them to cooperate?

Is that whole industry segment so focused on low-cost that nobody knows how 
to keep track of what they manufacturer/deliver?

What do cell phone manufacturers do?


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