By 2005 however, SD/MMC had nearly taken over SmartMedia's spot, though not to the same level and with stiff competition coming from Memory Stick variants, as well CompactFlash.
Ometi aastaks 2005 oli SD/MMC peaaegu üle võtnud SmartMedia koha, siiski mitte samale tasemele ja kõva konkurentsiga, tulles mälupulkade variantidest nagu ka CompactFlash.