I've been doing some work for a guy who makes data loggers and we are
looking at a new memory card for the loggers. I found these microSD cards
and I have to say I'm really impressed:

- 512MB for $18, 1GB for $30. 2GB for $90. Cost is low because they have
been made in extreme volumes.
- Unlikely to go away since they are used in most cell phones as the "sim"
card or more: the new Chocolate phone uses a 2GB version for internal music
storage.
- About the size of your thumbnail.
- Plugs into a standard SD slot with a mechanical adapter.
- Same SPI serial or nibble parallel interface as SD cards.
- Easy USB interface via "expandable" memory sticks.
- High reliability connectors that hold the entire card down at reasonable
prices.

Just seems ideal for large memory applications in the embedded world.

I'm wondering why I don't find more mentions of them on the net. There don't
appear to be any hobby projects (or maybe I used the wrong keywords). What I
have found so far is here:
http://www.piclist.com/techref/mem/flash/microSD.htm

Has anyone used them?

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