Samsung makes first 2GB phone memory card

SEOUL, April 19 (UPI) -- Samsung Wednesday unveiled a 2 gigabyte memory card that it called the "smallest, fastest and highest capacity memory card for mobile phones."

The diminutive MMCmicro is about the size of a fingernail but transmits data more than three times faster than other cards and can download three hours of mobile video in less than two minutes.

The device's ability to operate at either 1.8 or 3.3 volts makes it particularly useful in the design of mobile phones, Samsung said.

The 2GB card comes out of the lab just three months after Samsung announced it had developed a 1GB card, which will be commercially available this year.