Editing Memory Stick (section)

== Applications ==
[[File:Adaptateur Memory Stick.JPG|thumb|Memory Stick floppy disk adapter]]
[[File:Sony PEGA-MSC1 connected to the Sony Clié PEG-SJ20.jpg|thumb|Sony PEGA-MSC1 [[digital camera]] connected to the [[Clié]] PEG-SJ20 via its Memory Stick slot]]
Typically, Memory Sticks are used as storage media for a portable device, in a form that can easily be removed for access by a personal computer. For example, Sony [[Digital camera|digital compact cameras]] use Memory Stick for storing image files. With a Memory Stick-capable [[memory card reader]] a user can copy the pictures taken with the Sony digital camera to a computer. Sony typically included Memory Stick reader hardware in its first-party consumer electronics, such as digital cameras, [[digital audio player|digital music players]], [[Personal digital assistant|PDAs]], [[mobile phone|cellular phones]], the [[VAIO]] line of laptop computers, TV sets under the WEGA and Bravia names, and Sony's handheld gaming device, the [[PlayStation Portable]].

A special Memory Stick can be inserted in the hindquarters<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/08/19/48hours/main59024.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323024504/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/08/19/48hours/main59024.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 23, 2009 |title=CBS News, 48 Hours – AIBO, The Digital Wonder Dog: Sony Spends Millions On Robotic Canine |website=Cbsnews.com |date=February 11, 2009 |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref> of Sony's [[AIBO]] robot pet, to enable the use of Aiboware—software intended for use on AIBOs. The Sticks include a copy protection mechanism used by the robot, allowing users to write programs. These are referred to as ''programmable'' or ''programming''. Only 8&nbsp;MB and 16&nbsp;MB versions are available.

An adapter was made<ref>{{Cite web |orig-date=2000 |title=Floppy Disk Adaptor for Memory Stick – MSAC-FD2M |url=https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/res/manuals/3061/30616101M.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123154127/https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/res/manuals/3061/30616101M.pdf |archive-date=November 23, 2020 |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=Sony }}</ref> for the original Memory Stick that allowed them to be used in later [[Sony Mavica]] models. This adapter, which took CR2016 cells for power, served a dual purpose of expanding storage capacity of the Mavica and giving those who did not have an existing Memory Stick drive a means of computer interfacing. With the Mavica FD92 and FD97 dedicated Memory Stick slots were added.