A Stamp Sized HD In The Next iPod mini
http://www.macminute.com/2004/03/16/guinness
Would Apple be able to effectively use a stamp sized .85 inch HD in a functional iPod?
March 16, 2004 - 05:28 EST__ Toshiba today said that Guinness World Records has certified its "stamp-sized" hard disk drives (HDD) as the world's smallest, reports Reuters. The 0.85-inc HDD can store up to 4GB and the company hopes to begin production by the end of this year. The 1.8-inch version of this disk is used in Apple's iPod digital music players.
Toshiba's Website push the envelope on small form factor storage with its latest market introduction, a multi-gigabyte hard drive that is 0.85 inches in diameter.
Only a quarter the size of a 1.8-inch hard disk drive and about the size of
a postage stamp, the 0.85-inch HDD will boost the functionality of a new generation of products, including mobile phones, digital audio players, PDAs, digital still cameras, camcorders and more.
2.0/4.0 Gigabytes*
Small Size
Lightweight, less than 10 grams
Low Power Consumption__
*Toshiba defines a megabyte (MB) as 1,000,000 bytes and a gigabyte (GB) as 1,000,000,000 bytes.
Would Apple be able to effectively use a stamp sized .85 inch HD in a functional iPod?
March 16, 2004 - 05:28 EST__ Toshiba today said that Guinness World Records has certified its "stamp-sized" hard disk drives (HDD) as the world's smallest, reports Reuters. The 0.85-inc HDD can store up to 4GB and the company hopes to begin production by the end of this year. The 1.8-inch version of this disk is used in Apple's iPod digital music players.
Toshiba's Website push the envelope on small form factor storage with its latest market introduction, a multi-gigabyte hard drive that is 0.85 inches in diameter.
Only a quarter the size of a 1.8-inch hard disk drive and about the size of
a postage stamp, the 0.85-inch HDD will boost the functionality of a new generation of products, including mobile phones, digital audio players, PDAs, digital still cameras, camcorders and more.
2.0/4.0 Gigabytes*
Small Size
Lightweight, less than 10 grams
Low Power Consumption__
*Toshiba defines a megabyte (MB) as 1,000,000 bytes and a gigabyte (GB) as 1,000,000,000 bytes.
Comments
Rather, the question is "is this cost effective?" and "does the difference in price justify the change in size of an already tiny drive?" After all, the drive isn't what makes up the bulk of the current iPod mini anyway.
This may have already been posted but I just saw it on cnn.com
I wouldn't have figured HDD bits/inch would catch up with RAM bits/inch so fast.
Damn!
Probably a lot cheaper than a 4GB DIMM, too.
The add will read...
Mini iPod, Mini Size, Mini RAID, BIG SOUND.
Originally posted by ast3r3x
I guess we know the mini's next size. 8GB...two of those suckers in.
The add will read...
Mini iPod, Mini Size, Mini RAID, BIG SOUND.
Have you seen the price tag for that drive yet?
Originally posted by LoCash
Have you seen the price tag for that drive yet?
No, but I wasn't serious either.
Originally posted by LoCash
Have you seen the price tag for that drive yet?
Have you seen the price tag for the drive currently shipping in the mini? It's a lot higher than the price of the mini.
I doubt we'll see it tomorrow, but you can bet Apple has their eyes on this drive.
Amazing.
Originally posted by Amorph
Have you seen the price tag for the drive currently shipping in the mini? It's a lot higher than the price of the mini.
I doubt we'll see it tomorrow, but you can bet Apple has their eyes on this drive.
Nope, I don't know how much this tiny drive costs either, I was actually curious since people seemed to have read the article, and I did not want to