Tuesday, September 6, 2005
Hitachi's Mikey MicroDrive (3K8) - The New Bling!
Posted by Darius Wey in "HARDWARE" @ 11:00 AM
"While the ultimate fashion accessory of recent popular culture is flashy jewellery – known by its street name "bling" – Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is today saying high-capacity, miniature hard drives are the new "bling" for their ubiquity and desirability among the consumer digerati (see "Hard Drive is the New Bling" video). Hitachi’s latest "bling" are the industry's smallest one-inch and lightest 1.8-inch hard drive, introduced in concept earlier this year under the monikers Mikey and Slim. Hitachi anticipates these two hard drives will play key roles in the emergence of high-capacity smart phones, multi-function audio/video players and other handheld consumer devices. CE manufacturers across these segments have already designed Mikey and Slim into prototype consumer devices, the earliest of which are expected out this year."
Hitachi's Mikey MicroDrive will soon be available in 6GB and 8GB flavours, being 20% smaller in size and requiring 40% less power than its predecessors. It also sports a CE-ATA interface and ESP technology (allowing the 3K8 a 2000G tolerance). Of prime importance is Hitachi's promotion of the 3K8 as the "new bling", so check it out y'all! ;)
Hitachi's Mikey MicroDrive will soon be available in 6GB and 8GB flavours, being 20% smaller in size and requiring 40% less power than its predecessors. It also sports a CE-ATA interface and ESP technology (allowing the 3K8 a 2000G tolerance). Of prime importance is Hitachi's promotion of the 3K8 as the "new bling", so check it out y'all! ;)
