Memory Stick is a removable flash memory card format which was launched by Sony in October 1998. you should know that its also used in general to describe the whole family of Memory Sticks. The original Memory Stick includes family members such as Memory Stick PRO, a revision that allows greater maximum storage capacity and faster file transfer speeds; Memory Stick Duo, a small-form-factor version of the Memory Stick, and the even smaller Memory Stick Micro (M2). You will also come across another member known as Memory Stick PRO-HG, was launched in december 2006 by Sony. The Memory Stick PRO-HG is a high speed variant of the PRO which can be used in high definition still and video cameras

Now the prescence of the original Memory Stick is no longer found in the market , as its not manufactured anymore. Most probably the Memory Sticks are used as storage media for a portable device, in such a form which can be easily removed for access by a personal computer. You can use Memory Sticks for storing image files. Websites and online shops are the major sources of memory stick. You can have the availability of best deals of memory stick from these sources. you will find that original memory stick was available in sizes up to 128 MB. And the largest capacity Memory Sticks currently available is 32GB. As per the view of Sony, the Memory Stick PRO contains maximum theoretical size of 2 TB. Memory Sticks include a wide range of actual formats along with other three different form factors. You will realise that original memory stick is approximately the size and thickness of a stick of chewing gum. You can find it in sizes from 4MB to 128 MB.

Several Manufacturers are providing a five year warranty on memory stick from the day you purchased them. Now it has become a tool of storage capacities used in various devices. All sony's digital equipments such as digital cameras, mp3players, video cameras, televisions, and computers, have higher consumption of different ranges of memory stick.