Yesterday Samsung showed off its new 8Gigabyte (GB) microSD (Secure Digital) memory card.

SD cards have been popular for Cameras and MP3 players microSD cards are growing in popularity with mobile phones, so 8GB of storage is a great option for those of us with phones that double as MP3 playes such as the Motorola ROKR and Samsung Upstage, they are also great for smartphone users.

With a read speed of 16 Megabytes (MBs) per second and a write speed of 6MB/s, Samsung’s 8GB microSD card well exceeds the Speed Class 4 SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) standard which requires a data write speed of 4MB/s. This is also much faster than the SD Speed Class 2 designation carried by most competing microSD cards currently on the market.