Toshiba to Introduce 1-inch Drives
ZDNet reports that Toshiba is due to unveil a less than 1-inch hard drive next month at the Consumer Electronics Show.
While no capacities are yet known for the upcoming drives, for reference, Hitachi currently manufactures 1-inch hard drives that hold from 1GB to 4GB of data. Competition in the mini-harddrive market continues to increase as more players are introducing comparable form factors. Hitachi recently introduced their own 1.8" hard drive which has found its way into the Dell Digital Jukebox.
As readers are aware, Apple presently uses Toshiba's 1.8" hard drives in the iPod and reportedly enjoyed nearly exclusive use of those drives from Toshiba in the first year of production.
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107 months ago
Cool...we may see even smaller iPods, or same size iPods with better battery life soon.
Looking forward to see what Apple has planed for the iPod.
Looking forward to see what Apple has planed for the iPod.
107 months ago
This can only be good news for Apple.
Maybe this is the hard drive to go into the new epod?????
Maybe this is the hard drive to go into the new epod?????
107 months ago
1" drives can't hold the capacity yet to put in the ipod. But it would be nice if they sold a 1 Gb - 4 Gb workout ipod. Smaller form factor and design with some water resistance and shock protection. I'd buy one and still use my 20 gb ipod.
107 months ago
keep in mind how expensive they'll probably be at first. i don't think we'll be seeing them in low-end (cheap wise) ipods anytime too soon...
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107 months ago
Sport Pod
with attaching arm bands.
Featuring: iShock
Apples patented shock resistant technology that a paint shaker can't even disturb.
Also is water and sweat resistant.
Also comes in 7 cool flavour colours.
Not to mention a shock and scratch resistant outer shell and screen.
Comes in 3 capacities:
1GB
2GB
4GB
Now start sweating in style with your Sport Pod today!!
with attaching arm bands.
Featuring: iShock
Apples patented shock resistant technology that a paint shaker can't even disturb.
Also is water and sweat resistant.
Also comes in 7 cool flavour colours.
Not to mention a shock and scratch resistant outer shell and screen.
Comes in 3 capacities:
1GB
2GB
4GB
Now start sweating in style with your Sport Pod today!!
107 months ago
Maybe I'm missing something here...but it seems to me that you'll never see a hard drive based mp3 player listed as shock-free. The "sport" mp3 players all have flash memory only.
If there is a spinning drive, then it will likely not be a sport ipod.
If there is a spinning drive, then it will likely not be a sport ipod.
107 months ago
This will mean that the prices on the current Toshiba units will be coming down in price. Apple will be able to maintain their product margins and offer reduced priced iPods. They will sell more of the current iPod design.
:)
:)
107 months ago
Good news, if they have a 5 gig version then we may see a low cost iPod soon, hopefully these smaller drives will allow for longer battery life. I don't think the iPod's form factor will get any smaller, Apple would not want to lose the functionality of the current design, however it could get even thinner:)
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