I'm not sure what's up with Sony, but the company has just launched two new XQD cards - which is a new format for data storage. The XQD card format was first announced by the Nikon, Sandisk & Sony trio in 2010. The XQD format is 'high-performance' read-write format ideal for HD cameras as the size of the photos and videos produced by these cameras is very big.

The problem is you'll need a new card reader to read and write data to these cards. If you're curious about the price, it's as follows:-

• QD-H16 card, 16 GB, $129.99
• QD-H32 card, 32 GB, $229.99
• Card Reader, MRW-E80, $44.99
• ExpressCard Adapter, QDA-EX1, $44.99