Apacer is supporting the growing mobile multimedia application market of nearly 780 million handsets by releasing the world's fastest 290x MMC plus ^TM card compliant with MMC Specification Version V. 4.1 introduced by the MultiMediaCard Association (MMCA). In addition to the ability to store up to 4,000 images at 1,024 x 768 pixel resolution, Apacer's 290x MMC plus ^TM card offers plug-and-play compatibility for nearly all mobile phones, digital cameras, MP3 players, PDAs and other multimedia devices with a MMC slot.

According to Forrester Research, Inc., a million pixel camera ranks as the No.1 function a multimedia handset should include. To meet this need for larger multimedia content storage, higher speed memory cards have become the trend of card innovation. "The demand for higher-speed memory cards has been growing rapidly over the past years. To make mobile storage more convenient and allow everyone to get the most out of their mobile digital devices, Apacer introduces this world's first 290x MMC plus ^TM card to the market," explained Elton Fang, Chief Product Officer of Apacer.

The Apacer MMC plus ^TM card covers a wide range of multimedia applications. The key to maximizing large file storage performance is faster read/write speeds, especially for storing video, high-resolution pictures and other multimedia content. The new technology D ual-channel mode makes Apacer MMC plus ^TM achieve 290X the highest data transfer rate. The read/write speed of Apacer's 290x MMC plus ^TM card is 42.5 MB/sec (max) and 11 MB/sec (max) respectively, more than 20 times faster than the MMC 3.X specification.

MMC plus ^TM benefits a wide range of multimedia applications. Apacer continuously develops flash products with the best quality and performance to meet the market demand for higher-density and higher-speed mobile storage. The world's fastest 290x MMC plus ^TM card will come in capacities of 1GB and 2GB, and be available to retail markets in Oct. 2005.