I want one of these: 1GB Multimedia SIM Card!
I rarely post entries on products but this one is something I would really like to have … a 1 gigabit SIM card! Yes, the same SIM card technology used in your mobile phone (with typically under 1 megabit of memory).
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has introduced a 1GB subscriber identity module card solution, S-SIMTM, which expands customer experience in multimedia intensive services.
The subscriber identity module (SIM) card is a smart card IC-based card used to identify users in GSM mobile environments. As multimedia features increase on cell phones, high data capacity and high-speed transmission has been added to the encrypted SIM solution.
Instead of carrying a separate memory card, the company’s 1GB S-SIM incorporates a system-in-package (SiP) technology to carry high gigabit-density NAND Flash memory without growing the area size of the conventional SIM card. The small form factor supports the compact size of multimedia phones.
With a 1Gb SIM, we can start putting stuff back into the SIM away from the mobile phone memory. Finally, all my contacts, calendar, photos and other pieces of data can return to the SIM. One of the benefits is that memory stored in the SIM is more secure that the one on the mobile phone memory. Also it is more portable and can also carry applications. Wipee!
