July 30, 2002 Olympus and FujiFilm announce the availability of a new storage card, the x3 xD-Picture Card, in the autumn 2002. The main characteristics of the card: - Dimensions: 20 x 25 x 1.7mm - Weight: only 2 gram - Capacity: 16, 32, 64, 128MB initially - 256, 512MB in Dec02 (max: 8GB !) To ensure that the new card can be used widely from the start a number of accessories is announced at the same time: a PC Card adapter, a Compact Flash Card adapter and a USB card reader for SM and XD cards.
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