SanDisk upped their available SDHC card capacity today by putting 32GB of flash memory in the latest to the line of Ultra II SDHC cards. This new 32GB flash card reads and writes at 15MB/second, which is a nice increase from the 10MB/second found previously from the Ultra II’s.

This card to date is the largest flash memory card put out by SanDisk and brings them in line with the most capacity available in an SDHC card in the industry. This kind of storage can put as much as 4 hours of 1536 kbps MPEG-4 video or around 8,000 digital photos on a card not much larger than your thumbnail.

Along with boosting the SDHC card capacity the company also announced a new Ultra II SDHC Plus card which not only fits in an SD card slot but also has a hinge that folds down letting it connect to a USB port. The dual-connection is a nice convenience and avoids having to carry a card reader around with you. SanDisk says the hinge can handle up to 10,000 bends before the little plastic will give out, but by that time I’m sure 8GB just won’t be enough capacity, anyway.

These 32GB SDHC cards aren’t going to be available from SanDisk until around April, but when the are they’ll come packaged with a MicroMate card reader and retail for #349.99. The 8GB Plus card should be in stores a month earlier going for $100.

SanDisk Ultra II 32GB SDHC
SanDisk Ultra II SD Plus 8GB