SanDisk and Skype Announce Pocket-Sized Internet Video Calling on Smart Drives

SanDisk and Skype Announce Pocket-Sized Internet Video Calling on Smart Drives

SanDisk ® Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), the world’s largest supplier of flash memory card storage products, and Skype™, the global Internet communications company, have announced that Skype users can now make free calls and chat on almost any PC without having to download software. The Skype software will now come pre-loaded on SanDisk’s newest Cruzer® Micro and Cruzer Titanium lines of Skype-certified U3™ enabled smart drives. This will allow consumers to make free PC-to-PC audio and video calls to Skype users in most major markets.

SanDisk’s Cruzer Micro and Cruzer Titanium with U3 gives users a portable way to carry files and programs without leaving any personal information behind on a computer. This means Skype users can take their Skype account complete with their contacts, settings and preferences on a device that is smaller than a pack of chewing gum and make calls, with video as an option, from any PC such as those in Internet cafes and hotels. This compact Skype is particularly useful for business travelers, leisure travelers, students and anyone who uses multiple computers.

“Skype likes to partner with the brightest and best in their industries,” said Saul Klein, VP Marketing, Skype. “SanDisk is an excellent addition to the growing Skype ecosystem of partners and will allow us to reach an entirely new set of Skype users.”

The U3 platform, which allows a variety of applications to be loaded onto a flash drive, is a standard feature on all capacities of SanDisk’s latest versions of its Cruzer Micro and Cruzer Titanium USB smart drives.

“SanDisk sees the U3 platform as the next major step in mobile computing,” said Carlos Gonzalez, Senior Director of USB at SanDisk. “The Cruzer Micro and Cruzer Titanium with U3 will enable people to carry around, on a small, convenient USB flash drive, their complete personal desktop with all their favorite U3 smart applications, settings and contacts and allow them to work on any PC, wherever they go. Skype is such a convenient communication tool for professionals and the whole mobile generation that it has become an essential part of their work and digital lives. So we are proud to announce that we have established a close cooperation with Skype, enabling us to include the software exclusively on our Cruzers.”

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