Mike Temporale
09-07-2004, 06:20 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/06/samsung_hdd_handset/' target='_blank'>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/06/samsung_hdd_handset/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Samsung has shown what it claims is the world's first mobile phone that incorporates a hard drive. The SPH-V5400, unveiled today in Japan, includes 1.5GB of hard disk storage. That's barely more than you can get from a SD or CompactFlash card, but it's a start, presaging the day when handsets are as much iPods as phones. The Apple product is not only more capacious than the Samsung handset, but cheaper too. When the SPH-V5400 goes on sale in South Korea later this month, it will retail for around $800"</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/parekh-20040906-SamsungSPHV5400.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/><br /><br />I'm a little surprised that it's taken this long to get a phone with a build-in hard disk. Ever since I put my hands on IBM's MicroDrive, I knew that miniature disk drives would start finding their way into all sorts of gadgets. I would love to have a mobile phone with a built-in hard disk, if they could just solve the battery issue. Until then, I'll have to settle for a large SD (or miniSD) card. :D