Memory sticks are an excellent way of storing and carrying data from one place to another and to easily share files and documents with friends.. It can be kept on your keyring and the size that these small devices holds are increasing all the time.A Memory Stick is a removable flash memory card format and is also used in general to describe the whole family of Memory Sticks. This family includes the Memory Stick PRO, a revision that allows greater maximum storage capacity and faster file transfer speeds; Memory Stick Duo, a small-form-factor version of the Memory Stick (including the PRO Duo); and the even smaller Memory Stick Micro (M2). In 2006 Sony added the Memory Stick PRO-HG, a high speed variant of the PRO, to be used for high definition still and video cameras.
The original memory stick was available in sizes up to 128 MB, and a sub-version, Memory Stick Select allows two banks of 128 MB to be on the same card. An 8 GB card was unveiled at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and, according to Sony, the Memory Stick PRO has a maximum potential size of 32 GB.
