SanDisk Corporation recently launched their new 4-Gigabyte (GB)1 SDHC™ (SD High Capacity) Class 6 memory card and a 4-Gigabyte Memory Stick PRO Duo™ card. In fact users will also dig the fact that the SDHC card will be packaged with a SanDisk MicroMate™ USB 2.0 Reader.

The 4GB SanDisk Extreme III card can store more than 2,000 high-resolution pictures or up to 8 hours of MPEG 4 video. The SanDisk Extreme III 4GB SDHC card has a read/write speed of 20 megabytes (MB) per second and the SanDisk Extreme III 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo card has a sequential read/write speed of 18 MB per second. Both will be available from April on wards and the SanDisk Extreme III SDHC Bundle will retail for $139.99 where as the SanDisk Extreme III MSP for $179.99.

“The SanDisk Extreme III line has become a best-of-class standard for professional photographers who demand speed, durability and reliability,” said Tanya Chuang, SanDisk’s director of retail product marketing, global imaging market. “Now we’re raising the bar again with these new cards. And by including an SDHC-compatible reader with each SDHC card, we’re enabling users to easily transfer images from their cameras to their computers.”