09-07-2004, 06:20 PM
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Samsung Announces Cell Phone With Hard Drive
"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'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. 
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