P800/P802

White Paper, January 2003

Wide Industry Support

Memory Stick is supported by a wide range of companies including major names in consumer electronics, computing, automotive, mobile phone, photographic and semiconductor sectors of industry. As at 14th November 2002, 376 companies have declared support at www.memorystick.org

Memory Stick compliant products include PCs, PDAs, digital cameras, portable music players, printers, projectors and entertainment robots. Future applications include home and car audio, game machines and multimedia kiosks.

Memory Sticks are currently marketed by Sony, SanDisk, Lexar Media, I-O Data Device Inc. and Apacer Technology. As of October 2002, there were already over 30 million Memory Sticks in use worldwide. (Source: http://www.memorystick.com/en)

Memory Stick Usage Cases in the P800

Any number of Memory Stick Duo units can be used with a P800, providing virtually unlimited storage opportunities. Here are the main usage cases:

•Additional storage for pictures taken with the CommuniCam

•Images from the CommuniCam can be transferred to other image-aware devices such as PCs and printers.

•Transfer of data and media (sound, pictures, video clips, documents etc) between the P800 and a PC or Mac

•Save data and media from the P800 on to a Memory Stick, for example to make backup copies of important files.

•Transfer of data and media between P800s.

•New applications may be installed from a Memory Stick.

•Third party applications can make use of Memory Stick storage.

•Data can be transferred over SyncStation between a Memory Stick in the P800 and a connected PC.

•Personalise the P800 using media on a Memory Stick, for example ring signals, alarm sounds and pictures of contacts.

•Use media on a Memory Stick when composing MMS messages

Specifically, the following built-in applications are enabled to work with the Memory Stick: CommuniCam, Pictures, Video Player, Audio Player, E-Mail (attachments), Viewers (e.g. Word), MMS (media), Browser, Phone (ring signals, screensaver), Contacts (pictures of contacts; ringtones).

Compatibility with other Memory Stick devices

The P800 defines its own folder structure on a Memory Stick, within the vendor-specific area and this is the only area that is accessed. Other devices must therefore access the same folder structure in order to interact with P800 files and media. For a PC or Mac, this is easily done by browsing to the required folder on the Memory Stick. Memory Stick enabled devices with no browsing capability may be unable to share data with the P800. For example, it may not be possible for the P800 to read images taken on a Memory Stick enabled digital camera without first using a PC to copy them to the images folder within the P800 folder structure.

Magic Gate, the copyright protection mechanism available with Memory Stick, is not supported on the P800.

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