05-26-2004, 11:00 PM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Cornice Tiny Hard Drives Get Larger
Spotted at the Tech Report, XbitLabs are reporting that: "Cornice, a well-known producer of ultra-small hard disk drives, broadened its lineup of "Storage Element" disks with 1GB, 1.5GB and 2.0GB models. The miniature HDDs can fit into typical key-chain and target the markets where historically flash memory was dominating. Since its introduction in June of 2003, the Cornice Storage Element has enjoyed rapid adoption in consumer electronic (CE) devices from companies like Philips, RCA, Rio, and Creative Labs. Measuring only 42.8mm x 36.4mm x 5mm and weighing only 14.5 grams, the Cornice SE HDDs are compatible with IDE standard and offer enough performance for music and video playback while still maintaining low power consumption."
You can read more about the drives at the Cornice website here. Is it just me that's wondering when we will see one of these integrated into a Pocket PC? It must happen soon, surely? :?
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05-26-2004, 11:31 PM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I forget, are the Cornice drives also available as CF cards? With their claim to fame being low price, will I be able to buy a 2GB CF card for under $100? 
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05-26-2004, 11:46 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Mini hard drives for the OS or just for storage? If it's for the OS, that at least stops the sweating and gnashing of teeth that happens everytime you flash the ROM and it seems to be taking just a little too long....
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05-27-2004, 12:11 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Mar 2004
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I think it would be best to keep the OS in ROM/main memory and not on a hard drive. The hard drive should only be used for storage. If the OS was on the hard drive, I think we'd have some major battery life issues since the OS may constantly be retrieving files off the hard drive.
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05-27-2004, 12:59 AM
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Oracle
Join Date: Dec 2003
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im surprised that none of the new hps will have 512mb or a hdd
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05-27-2004, 03:46 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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How much ram does the new OS support?
Did they mention hard drive support when they mentioned that fixed ram/ram/ROM amounts would be available, or could you just write a driver to trick it into allowing the storage ram to be an actual HDD?
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05-27-2004, 08:10 AM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
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Re: Cornice Tiny Hard Drives Get Larger
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Originally Posted by Jonathon Watkins
Is it just me that's wondering when we will see one of these integrated into a Pocket PC? It must happen soon, surely? :?
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It's probably not just you, but it's certainly not me. :-D If I get a hard disk for my Pocket PC, I'll want it to be removable. You can find out why in the editorial I wrote.
Steve
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05-27-2004, 01:07 PM
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What about a user replaceable and (or) upgradeable drive?
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05-27-2004, 01:17 PM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
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User-Replaceable Drives?
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Originally Posted by Kacey Green
What about a user replaceable and (or) upgradeable drive?
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I give up -- what about them?
Steve
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05-27-2004, 01:27 PM
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your're link said you didn't want fixed HDDs where you had to send the PPC into a service center should something happen, no?
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