The most popular flashcards are Compact Flash and SD-cards and we already knew that the SmartMedia was gonna lose it.
Why Yamaha uses SM-cards I don't know, but I am sure that SM-cards will stay with us for a couple of years more.
Everything has to go eventually - the DVD-recorders have only recently been launched, but we already know what will follow them up: the Blue Ray Disc. http://www.blu-ray.com/info/
And who knows.. before the blue ray discs can conquer the market maybe someone will come with something completely different already. It's a crazy world.

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drdalet