Seagate says, "Say hi to D.A.V.E." - bit-tech.net Forums

Da Dego · 9th Jan 2008, 01:18

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/01...y_hi_to_dave/1

CES 2008 - In my yearly meeting with Seagate, I got to hear a lot about general storage. Most of it wasn't really revolutionary. Then, I met D.A.V.E.

DougEdey · 9th Jan 2008, 01:23

OMG AWESOME! Need that big time!

samkiller42 · 9th Jan 2008, 01:37

Hi Dave. Looks like a neat system, but i can't really see it being cheap unfortunately.

Sam

notatoad · 9th Jan 2008, 02:37

my n800 just got a lot more movies.

Veles · 9th Jan 2008, 03:11

That's pretty awesome, love to be able to just have it stored in the padded section of my bag and be able to access it.

Big question though, what's the battery life like?

airchie · 9th Jan 2008, 05:22

Yeah, I was wondering about that.
All very well having your headless linux NAS box in your pocket but without power, its useless.

So I'm guessing its not as wireless as we'd like to believe.
I'm hoping its based on SSD tech so its really rugged and much more frugal??

rhuitron · 9th Jan 2008, 07:58

A long time ago, I thought of a concept Similar to this.

I thought about all the Cameras used on sets. IE: Movies, Soaps, Photo shoots.
And the film they used.

And then thought that there should be a way to cut down on the amount of film used by these sets. And a way of unhinging a director or Camera operator from the pain in the ass of changing film or digi cards.

And so i thought of making a wifi or bluetooth (Not availible at that time) chip in place of the Mem card slot and set up a hard drive some where else in the room or some place else. Then every time the operator took a picture or filmed something, The image and sound would sent directly to the Hdd.

Kinda like in Mission Impossible 1. When Ethan takes a pic, it is wireless-ly whisked away to the computer display in the van.

But I think I was late to this concept and thanks to that, I am millions of dollars not the richer.

But this would be similar to that Idea and pretty cool. Except like you two said. What is the battery life like?

badders · 9th Jan 2008, 08:20

Ah, so Trigger's Working for Seagate now.
I wondered where he went after he left Peckham council.

TTmodder · 9th Jan 2008, 09:56

can i have it?

rowin4kicks · 9th Jan 2008, 10:11

all i can say it that is awesome and when can i get hold of one?

hawky84 · 9th Jan 2008, 11:13

this would be great for the new wave of tiny note books like the eee with its tiny 4GB SSD... But then again I like the hack n slash approach of modding it with a usd flash drive

chicorasia · 9th Jan 2008, 13:26

me wants one! or two...

looks like a great removable backup drive...

quack · 9th Jan 2008, 13:38

Hello Dave! You're my NAS now! </papa lazarou>

Redbeaver · 9th Jan 2008, 13:59

oooh! why OEM only?? I want one of those... cellphone got bluetooth, laptop got wifi (never got the bluetooth working, stupid acer...), and desktop got USB!

D.A.V.E. is awesome!

speedfreek · 9th Jan 2008, 15:09

I want I want...

I hope that one can be had without all sorts of things mucking it up that some manufactures will do to it. It sounds nice as is and should be able to be hacked very nicely into something even better.

Bladestorm · 10th Jan 2008, 00:22

Cool, my brother would absolutely love one of these I'm sure, sounds like a shame they won't be selling them.

g3n3tiX · 10th Jan 2008, 12:07

D.A.V.E : "We should retail me ! I'm a wonderful product."
Seagate : "I'm sorry D.A.V.E. I'm afraid I can't do that."

Xtrafresh · 10th Jan 2008, 13:10

wow, this is really my cup of tea!

Xtra: "hi Dave" *grin*
Dave: "Help! I'm surrounded!"

Phone: wifi & bluetooth
Laptop: wifi & bluetooth
desktop: wifi & bluetooth

/me waits for a consumer release and some battery life data...

I was just thinking, if they fit this thing with a kinetic charger a la 'Seiko kinetic', it would be complete.

DXR_13KE · 10th Jan 2008, 15:24

this is incredible.... come one seagate, sell it to us and get tons of cash.....

boggsi · 14th Jan 2008, 14:59

product of the decade! give me one NAO.

9th Jan 2008, 01:18	#1
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9th Jan 2008, 01:23	#2
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9th Jan 2008, 01:37	#3
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9th Jan 2008, 07:58	#7
rhuitron Bump? What Bump? Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California, Usa Posts: 122	Kinda sounds like a dream I had. A long time ago, I thought of a concept Similar to this. I thought about all the Cameras used on sets. IE: Movies, Soaps, Photo shoots. And the film they used. And then thought that there should be a way to cut down on the amount of film used by these sets. And a way of unhinging a director or Camera operator from the pain in the ass of changing film or digi cards. And so i thought of making a wifi or bluetooth (Not availible at that time) chip in place of the Mem card slot and set up a hard drive some where else in the room or some place else. Then every time the operator took a picture or filmed something, The image and sound would sent directly to the Hdd. Kinda like in Mission Impossible 1. When Ethan takes a pic, it is wireless-ly whisked away to the computer display in the van. But I think I was late to this concept and thanks to that, I am millions of dollars not the richer. But this would be similar to that Idea and pretty cool. Except like you two said. What is the battery life like? __________________ You use an Apple?? Go play in traffic.

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9th Jan 2008, 13:26	#12
chicorasia Multimodder Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 83	me wants one! or two... looks like a great removable backup drive...

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10th Jan 2008, 12:07	#17
g3n3tiX Resident frenchie Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: localhost Posts: 586	D.A.V.E : "We should retail me ! I'm a wonderful product." Seagate : "I'm sorry D.A.V.E. I'm afraid I can't do that." __________________ I also have a MTBF.

10th Jan 2008, 13:10	#18
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10th Jan 2008, 15:24	#19
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14th Jan 2008, 14:59	#20
boggsi Multimodder Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 105	product of the decade! give me one NAO.