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0.85 Inch HDD

Discussion in 'Serious' started by Astrum, 9 Jan 2004.

  1. Astrum

    Astrum Dare to dream.

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    CES 2004: In a feat of miniturization Toshiba has today revealed it is working on the worlds first sub 1 inch Hard Disk Drive. The new 0.85 inch HDD will have a capacity between 2 and 4 GB. This new device is clearly aimed at the portable music / multimedia players, PDA's and pocket notebook PC's. However it's not a far stretch to imagine these HDD's in use in digital cameras and 'cross over' products which also shoot digital video.

    Press release here.

    News.com has an article suggesting this new HDD will be used in the iPod minis.
     
  2. ajack

    ajack rox

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    Wonder how expensive they will be though seeing as the Mini iPod came out at $250. However using them in PDAs and digital cameras is definitely a huge step forward
     
  3. Atomic

    Atomic Gerwaff

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    2GB in a camera.... nice!

    Put one in a phone + mp3 software :D Bye bye mini iPod.
     
  4. :: Phat ::

    :: Phat :: Oooh shakalaka!

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    I want one on a keyring!!
     
  5. thale02896

    thale02896 What's a Dremel?

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    Bet these would be great for mini mods. Easy to hide, fit anywhere.
     
  6. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    :jawdrop: That's so tiny - you could put it into nearly anything electronic! :jawdrop:
     
  7. Randland

    Randland What's a Dremel?

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    Quantum Optical Drives

    Forum thread on this topic, as well as my post regarding a new process that fits 256 GB (that's right Gigabytes) in a module the size of a USB connector :thumb:
     

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