SanDisk drops prices with new flash drive    The flash memory
maker's new flash drive sports 32GB of memory and is delivered
in a package the same size and shape as a 2.5-inch diameter hard
drive. Earlier this year, SanDisk released a 32GB drive in a
1.8-inch diameter package. Drives that size typically are used
in MP3 players, while most notebooks come with 2.5-inch drives.
SanDisk is selling the 2.5-inch drive for $350 to large volume
buyers. That's far more than a 32GB hard drive typically would
cost. Still, it's less than SanDisk's previous 1.8-inch drive,
which cost $600 more than a conventional 32GB drive, according
to SanDisk.  Chalk up the decline in price to the drastic
pricing reduction experienced by the flash industry. After a few
years of bounding revenues, bad news for flash makers began to
crop up in August 2006, when reports showed that revenue wasn't
growing as fast as in the past and that flash prices were
dropping faster than expected. Supply started drifting upward
while demand stabilized