Ports include a proprietary USB 2.0 connector, mini-HDMI and a microSD card slot (compatible with up to 64GB of external memory).

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The camera's wrist-strap holder is made of die-cast zinc to withstand drops while a rotating lock secures the external memory slot cover.

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Nintendo argues that it doesn't want to pass the rapidly declining cost of memory on to the consumer, so you'll be able to attach any form of external memory to its console.

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The payoff: Cutting out so much data enabled them to get rid of external depth memory as well as the bottlenecks caused by shuffling data between it and the graphics chip.

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Other products such as the i-FlashDrive from PhotoFast create USB memory access for external storage devices.

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These observations cover laboratory demonstrations, new uses for external interfaces, interface developments as well as flash memory and solid state drives.

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Irvine, CA (October 19, 2009) -- Dane-Elec, a global leader in memory-based consumer electronics, today introduced its So SuperSpeed Line of External USB 3.0 Hard Drives (HDD) to the U.S. market.

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The headphones may be smaller, but they still manage to feel nearly as cosy and isolate a fair amount amount of external noise as their bigger brother, mostly because they're packing the same style of plush memory foam earpads.

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