Monday, March 15, 2004
Toshiba Announces 0.85-inch Hard Drive
Posted by Pat Logsdon in "NEWS" @ 02:00 PM
"Toshiba announced the development of a 0.85-inch hard disk drive (HDD), the first drive to deliver multi-gigabyte storage in a sub-one-inch form factor. Measuring only a quarter the size of Toshiba's 1.8-inch drive, the 0.85-inch HDD is expected to boost the functionality of a new generation of products, including mobile phones, digital audio players, PDAs, digital still cameras, camcorders and external storage devices. Expected to be available in 2GB and 4GB capacities, Toshiba will start sampling the new drive in summer 2004, with mass production to begin in late 2004."
8O Depending on the power requirements, we could see these things in Pocket PCs soon. If the iRiver iHP-140 can squeeze 16 hours of battery life out of a 40GB drive, it certainly doesn't seem out of the question. What do you think?
