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DesignTechnica has posted a new talkback: Would You Put A FISH In Your Camera?



If you own several different portable digital devices, chances are you also own several different types of portable media.

With devices using Compact Flash, Smart Media, MMC (Multi-Media Card), Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo, Secure Digital, Mini-SD and xD-Picture Cards, the choice of what product you buy can be influenced by the type of media used just as much as the specifications of the device.

We all knew Sony's use of 1.44MB floppy disks for their cameras wouldn't last long, but supporters of each subsequent media type have all said that their solution would be "the standard" in the future. To this day there is
still no clear-cut winner.

Well add FISH to the growing number of form-factors that claim to be the next "standard" that all devices will use. A new consortium thinks that you will be storing your digital images, music and data on their FISH sticks.
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