SanDisk’s 400GB microSD card is an Android phone’s best friend

SanDisk has a new record-breaking microSD coming to market, which will deliver so much storage you might be at a loss as to what to do with it all. The new 400GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card is the world’s highest capacity card of its type, and is ideally suited for use in Android smartphones that feature an expansion slot.

Android’s most recent versions allow you to adopt microSD-based storage as “native internal” storage, which allows you to use it to install apps, store photos and more as if you were using a built-in flash memory drive. Most recent Android devices that offer a microSD slot will support the new 400GB chip out of the box, meaning you can get your phone up to almost double what the top-end iPhone currently offers in onboard storage.

The SanDisk 400gb microSD card can hold up to 40 hours of 1080p HD video, Western Digital notes, and offers transfer speeds of up to 100mb/s. It’s also designed to comply with the A1 App Performance Class specification for flash memory, which means it can load and run apps faster when operating as adopted internal storage.

Even though it offers so much added storage, the price won’t break the bank – at $250, it’s actually very reasonable for in terms of price per storage ratio. It also comes with a 10-year limited manufacturer’s warranty, and should be available soon via SanDisk directly and all the usual retail suspects. Could be a perfect partner for the new Galaxy Note 8, if you happen to be picking one of those up.

Source: SanDisk’s 400GB microSD card is an Android phone’s best friend | TechCrunch

Trump believes ‘alliances are obsolete’ Forget it Australia: Trump’s ‘brutal blow’ to allies

DONALD Trump is fundamentally uninterested in alliances that were previously cherished by the US, including its close relationship with Australia, according to Washington insiders.

World leaders trying to find a path forward with the US President should remember he has also shown disdain for “core liberal values”, says foreign policy guru Jake Sullivan, a former key aide for Clinton and Obama.

“The idea alliances are obsolete is a basic instinct of Trump’s that lines up with the argument China has been pushing for years,” Mr Sullivan told the Lowy Institute in Sydney during his lecture on American Strategy in the Asia Pacific on Tuesday night.

“He fundamentally rejects what has been at the core of US foreign policy, that the US agenda can be advanced at same time as others. He thinks if someone else is doing well, they’re taking us for a ride.

“The erosion of alliances is in my view a brutal blow to American leadership.

We should be doubling down on our alliances, using them to face the challenges of the 21st Century.”

Mr Sullivan said that such an attitude was a “cause for alarm”, and placed “more demand and strain” on vital institutions including NATO and could damage America’s relationships in the Asia Pacific to the extent that allies “come to believe they can’t trust” the US.

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