What is a Micro SD Card? What is a micro SD (TransFlash) Memory Card? ... Micro SD (TransFlash) Memory Card is a type of portable flash memory card specifically designed for mobile phones and other small devices. A Micro SD card works in SD-compatible devices via an adapter. Like any flash memory card, it can be used to store various types of files, including photos, videos, music and software.The Micro SD memory card is functionally compatible with the SD memory card but is smaller in dimension. The Micro SD memory card communication is based on an advanced 8-pin interface and the host interface supports both regular SD and mini SD memory.
Like its name, the Micro SD card / TransFlash is essentially an SD card, but in a smaller package (the size of a fingernail). It is one of the smallest removable flash memory card formats designed specifically for small devices. Some of these devices include: mobile phones, handheld GPS devices, portable audio players, flashcards for Nintendo DS emulation, and expandable USB flash memory drives. MicroSD cards can be used in SD-compatible devices via an SD adapter.
This increase in capacity does not mean a corresponding increase in physical size, however. The wonders of modern technology that keep computer hard disk drives smaller and smaller while able to hold more and more data apply to a Micro SD card as well.
