According to this Wall Street Journal article, Nokia Corp. and some other "industry heavyweights" are looking to create a common flash storage technology, removing the need for adaptors and such for different products.
Nokia said Micron Technology Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Sony Ericsson, Spansion Inc., STMicroelectronics NV, and Texas Instruments Inc. all support this common drive, which is now known as Universal Flash Storage, or UFS. This is expected to be finalized and made standard by 2009.
This is a bright idea - hopefully all phones, cameras, and such will have this universal drive. This will be a major convenience, and a relief of great frustration to consumers with different brands of technology. Bravo to standardization.
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