02-15-2003, 01:12 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Toshiba Hopbit Bluetooth Drive on Dynamism
Remember the Toshiba Bluetooth 5GB drive mentioned by Jason? Well, now Dynamism is carrying them - for $599.
I wonder if they'll generally make the US market.
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02-15-2003, 02:11 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Wow. Is that ever cool!
I'm having fantasies now about my entire CD collection on MP3 and a couple of movies to boot....
Course I could never afford it, but a girl can dream can't she?
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02-15-2003, 02:20 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by PetiteFlower
I'm having fantasies now about my entire CD collection on MP3
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You can fit all your music on 5gigs!?! :wink:
Any way. This HD is a little to small for the price. If it was larger like 15-20GB I might consider it.
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02-15-2003, 02:26 AM
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Editor Emeritus
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It's Dynamism - they mark things up quite a bit for importing them. If Toshiba were to bring it to market here, I'd expect it to be ~ $399.
--janak
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02-15-2003, 02:28 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
It's Dynamism - they mark things up quite a bit for importing them. If Toshiba were to bring it to market here, I'd expect it to be ~ $399.
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Ohh. That seems more reasonable.
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02-15-2003, 03:31 AM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
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Toshiba 5GB Drives
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
It's Dynamism - they mark things up quite a bit for importing them. If Toshiba were to bring it to market here, I'd expect it to be ~ $399.
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I have a few problems with this. First, even at $399, it seems expensive. The Toshiba 5 GB PCMCIA drive can be gotten for under $250 now. I don't think it should be more expensive than a 5 GB iPod.
Granted, the Hopbit has Bluetooth and a battery in it, so that would add something to the price, but I already have a dual PC Card sleeve (which has a built-in battery) on my iPAQ 3870. Also, if your Pocket PC doesn't have Bluetooth in it, you'll have to buy a Bluetooth card.
Also, the Toshiba 5 GB PCMCIA drive looks much smaller than the Hopbit. The Toshiba Pocket PC with the Hopbit makes my iPAQ 3870 with dual PC Card sleeve look svelte. :-)
With 120 GB FireWire drives going for under $275 now, I'd like to see something like this with at least 20 GB for around $300-400.
Steve
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02-15-2003, 03:38 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Solid state I need solid state, if we keep inventing things which are old we are never going to get ahead. Granted I like the idea, I think it is funky but it's not solid state.
That's all.
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02-15-2003, 03:50 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Dec 2002
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I agree with Pony99CA, it is too expensive ever at 400 USD. It also looks big. I would like a 20GIG PCMCIA size BT card so you could put it in your carrying case or your pocket.
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02-15-2003, 04:10 AM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
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Solid State?
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Originally Posted by szamot
Solid state I need solid state, if we keep inventing things which are old we are never going to get ahead. Granted I like the idea, I think it is funky but it's not solid state.
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So I assume that your PC doesn't have any hard disk and that you're running Windows from one or more 1 GB CF cards. :-D I'm quite happy with my 80 GB FireWire disk, which cost less than a 1 GB CF card when I bought it.
I'm also not sure that I'd call disk drives "old". Didn't the invention of the first hard disk follow the invention of the transistor by almost 20 years?
Steve
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02-15-2003, 04:11 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 300
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Slow transfer to and even slower transfer from.
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