New Hard Drives Mean WAY COOL iPods
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New 1.8" (iPod Size) "iVDR" Hard Drives. They are currently available in up to 80GB, and cost from $166 to $249. They are expected to double in size in 1st quarter next year.
The iVDR consortium is hoping to reduce the price to less than $80.
The most expensive item in the iPod is the Hard Drive, and a sub $200 160GB iPod would be WAY COOL, no?
Barto
New 1.8" (iPod Size) "iVDR" Hard Drives. They are currently available in up to 80GB, and cost from $166 to $249. They are expected to double in size in 1st quarter next year.
The iVDR consortium is hoping to reduce the price to less than $80.
The most expensive item in the iPod is the Hard Drive, and a sub $200 160GB iPod would be WAY COOL, no?
Barto
Comments
<strong>Unfortunately it sounds like these drives are bigger than the current drives in the iPod. They're both '1.8"' drives, but the housing et all sounds larger.</strong><hr></blockquote>
to me the article mentions the size of the '1.8" as slot in drive, which means it has a cover + bridge etc.
by the way, Toshiba is in this harddrive consortium too, so i guess a 1.8" will be just that as this organisation strives for standardisation overall.
my guess for future products would be cheaper ipod's +new 40G top of the line(no more 5G) ?>then we'll see the new idevice with 60/80G drive, tft/lcd screen, FW2 + bluetooth (also on ipod) and WiFi 2(802.11g)
go figure all the goodies it could hold, but i feel certain
that ipod=sound+audio
that i<newname>=image + video
this means that ipod could get radio, voice record, (record anything), phone
this means that i<newname> will get video, store images, web capable (wifi), store film, record film/photo
just MHO
I do hope we see larger HDs in ipods. Maybe the 40Gb iPod could be the entry level....
Any iPod is a nice versatile piece of equipment. More versatality is what is needed.
<strong>More versatality is what is needed.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I agree. Along with better firmware updates that manage battery resources better.
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<strong>I think a 60 gig iPod that has a case that changes color would be a good reason to replace my 5 gig iPod. Jeaze, i've got to stop jumping on the techno bandwagon right away every time.
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[quote]Originally posted by trailmaster308:
<strong>I agree. Along with better firmware updates that manage battery resources better.
I agree. Better battery management is needed badly. My iPod keeps showing 0% battery left, even though its fully recharged and 1 month old!
[quote]Originally posted by Bioflavonoid:
<strong>Dear lord! Who has 160GB worth of MP3's? I'm having trouble filling up my 20GB encoded at a higher encoding rate.... Think of an iPod that is the size of half a deck of cards...mmm...</strong><hr></blockquote>
Well... I think I have about 80 Gb.. And someone might want a small firewire-to-go-harddisk..
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<strong>Dear lord! Who has 160GB worth of MP3's? I'm having trouble filling up my 20GB encoded at a higher encoding rate.... Think of an iPod that is the size of half a deck of cards...mmm...</strong><hr></blockquote>
me! well not 160gig but about 112gig all told. i moved from london to rome and transporting about 3000 cd's was very impracticle so i went on a ripping frenzy. if i could carry ALL of my music in my pocket, i would be VERY happy as the ability to predict what i WILL want to listen to and to load my 20gig ipod up with the correctly anticipated selection is somewhat hit&miss.
the extra 40 odd gig remaining from a 160 gig drive would mean i could have all my dvds in my pocket too!!
someone explain to me why this would be a bad thing???
I thought I spent too much money on CD's with a little over 400 now, Jebus man that's a lot of music!
<strong>3000 CD's !!!
I thought I spent too much money on CD's with a little over 400 now, Jebus man that's a lot of music!</strong><hr></blockquote>
i guess you could say i have a diverse taste and an insatiable hunger for good sounds. i don't think 3000(ish) CD's is that unusual.... is it?
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i guess you could say i have a diverse taste and an insatiable hunger for good sounds. i don't think 3000(ish) CD's is that unusual.... is it?
It's not unusual.... for Sam Goody or Tower records!
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It's not unusual.... for Sam Goody or Tower records!
a good 2/3s came from a local 2nd hand dealer.
to get back to the thread a bit, i understood that toshiba were the only company producing 1.8inch HDs. if the capacity that has been touted here is true, who is the manufacturer?
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Hitachi, not Toshiba, appears to be the big player according to this article.
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What ya doing around here? Plans for tonite?
Rome IS great, aint it?
anyway, I hope iPods do become bigger PODS... a thing to put your STUFF in. Bigger HDs seem like a fundamental part of the POD concept.
also... seeing my digital camera just got stolen, looks like i'll def put off buying an iPod for a while... at least it gives me a definite excuse to wait for an iPod v2
Now the larger drive might be worth if if Apple further diversifies the iPod function set. But all told, I would rather pay for a smaller more robust drive drive. One with legendary durability, able to withstand 24-7-3645 usage. one that won't fail despite being used as a boot partition for a driveless mac, that has a pod docking port. That way, I can move from work to home with all of my work on my "MP3" player. Then a 100 GB drive might be worth the money.