SanDisk and Verizon Wireless today announced a 4-gigabyte (GB) microSD High Capacity (SDHC) card that will be available on May 1.

The largest capacity of the world’s smallest removable flash memory card, the 4GB microSDHC is designed to meet the growing demand for a new generation of multimedia-capable mobile phones.Using the 4GB SanDisk microSDHC card with a V CAST-capable phone and V CAST Music, Verizon Wireless customers can store more than 2,000 digital songs for use on their LG VX9400 and VX8700 phones.

For picture and video aficionados, the 4G microSDHC offers the capability to store more than 4,000 high-resolution pictures or up to 16 hours of MPEG 4 video.

The card will be sold with an adapter that fits into a standard-size SD slot of other devices and will be available at Verizon Wireless Communications Stores.

SanDisk alsop announced that it expanded its Memory Stick Micro line by introducing a 4-gigabyte (GB) 1 card for Sony Ericsson's latest generation of slim line, multimedia mobile handsets such as the Cyber-shot and Walkman® series. The 4GB card capacity can hold up to 1,000 songs, 2,000 high-resolution photos or 20 hours of MPEG4 video2.