1.8 Inch Removable Hard Drives Coming 135
bedessen writes "According to an article at PCWorld.com, a new type of removable storage known as iVDR will be demonstrated at January's Consumer Electronics Show. The iVDR standard (backed by a consortium consisting of a number of manufacturers) describes a lightweight, compact, removable hard disk drive compatible with a wide range of applications from AV to PC devices. The products on display will come in 2.5" and 1.8" form factors with parallel and serial ATA interfaces. Capacity will start at 80GB for around $170, but manufacturers hope to drop this to under $80 and well as double the capacity by next quarter." Here's hopin'
Re:Let me put one of these in my iPaq.... (Score:2, Funny)
Hewlett Packard have sued Saddam Hussein, claiming that the name of his country is an "obvious copy" of the name of their iPaq product...
Who measured this thing? (Score:5, Funny)
So who measured this thing? Hilary Rosen?
"Yes, well we saw that it had the capacity to appear to be a 2.5 inch disk if used at full capacity and fitted to your pc with a Sawzall and a ballpeen hammer."
The Curse of Moving Parts (Score:3, Funny)
What I really want is a RAM drive the size of a Monolith.
Future trouble? (Score:3, Funny)
New school disaster: data lost when tech sneezes, blowing rice-grain size multiterrabyte storage device into cracks between floor tiles
Re:Let me put one of these in my iPaq.... (Score:3, Funny)
I assume you need the jacket to cover the stains in your pants?