USB Memory Sticks

Memory sticks are removable memory card that had been launched by Sony in October 1998 which is used in general to describe the whole memory stick family. The memory sticks have different versions and types since its introduction into the IT market. These sticks are portable and can be used anywhere in gaming consoles, digital cameras, camcorders etc. Now days there are companies that produce memory sticks and work as third party producers such as SanDisk and Lexar. Kingston offers MicroSD to Memory Stick Pro to its customers but unofficially. Initially when memory stick was introduced in market the maximum size available was 128 MB, but it has exceeded to 64 GB. According to the company Sony, the theoretical size of memory stick PRO is 2 TB.

Branded USB memory Sticks

When buying a memory stick one should be aware about the company from which they are buying the product. The branded memory sticks comes with anassurance that they will not be corrupted soon. They come with warranty period unlike the unbranded that doesn’t have the same. The memory sticks can be used for several purposes like portable storage device, media device which can be easily carried from one place to another. The memory sticks from Sony can be used in digital cameras or camcorders for storing images and videos.

Various forms of Memory Sticks

The Custom USB Memory Sticks UK comes in wide range that includes three different form factors. The original memory stick is no longer manufactured that came in the size of chewing gum having sizes from 4 MB to 128 MB. Sony then introduced memory stick select in response to memory sticks. In memory stick select there was two separate partitions of 128 MB which can be chosen by the physical switch on the card. Then came the memory stick PRO as joint venture with Sony and SanDisk, which is the long lasting solution to the space problem. Previous versions of the memory sticks can be upgraded using a firmware update. The memory stick PRO with larger space support high speed mode and are compatible with such devices only that have high speed mode.  After this there are several other versions also with some changes making the other different from each other. Other versions include Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick Pro Duo, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, Memory Stick Micro, Memory Stick XC, and Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo HX.

Where to buy Memory Stick

Whenever buying a memory stick we buy from an authorized dealer only or from a shop that provides us the bill and papers for the product. Buying from an unauthorized place may lead to any problems like not working of the stick or getting corrupt easily, storage problems. It’s advisable to buy from a branded shop and of a particular good brand to avoid latter troubles. Now a day’s custom Memory Stick that is brought illegally to the market and can lead you in trouble. So we should keep an eye while buying such products.

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