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To Super-Size Or Not.(introduction of 1-megabyte SIM card)(Brief Article)

Card Technology

| January 01, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2003 SourceMedia, Inc. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Telecom Italia Mobile plans to introduce a 1-megabyte SIM card. Should you follow?

Pros

32-bit and Java-accelerated engine makes processing Java faster.

Cons

Few handsets support faster data communication speed; ISO 7816 smart card standard still sluggish compared with other storage media.

Pros

768 kilobytes of standard flash in place of ROM allows for quicker development cycles.

Cons

No standard yet exists for downloading multimedia messaging service (MMS) files to SIMs.

Pros

256K of "page" flash replaces EEPROM, double the amount …

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