LAS VEGAS -- As predictable as the post-CES illnesses carried home by attendees are the launches of ever bigger memory cards at the Las Vegas show. This year Lexar gets the jump on its rivals with a 128GB class 10 SDXC card, a monster of an SD card which will allow sustained data-transfers of up to 20MB/s.
Traditionally, I would now write something about not putting all your eggs in one basket, or chuckle that you'd never fill this thing up, even on the longest vacation trip. But these are the days of DSLRs that shoot hi-def video, and in those terms 128GB is a handy size to have around. It still holds a terrifying amount of footage in one easy-to-lose place, but hopefully the pros are more responsible than us careless amateurs.
The Lexar Professional, as it is called, will be out in the first quarter of this year, for $700 (yet another reason not to lose it). A smaller 64GB version will cost $400.
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