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Toshiba Bluetooth Portable Storage Device

Posted by timothy on from the are-you-listening-cupertino dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "Toshiba has announced a new portable storage device, Bluetooth Pocket Server, that can be used as a HTTP/FTP wireless server. This device with a 5GB of data can hold up to 37 hours of MPEG-4 moving images. You can read the press release on the Toshiba web site. Now while walking you can be a human web server..."

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  1. Re:Cool.... a new iPod perhaps? by Mysticalfruit · · Score: 3, Insightful

    better yet, the kids standing across the street with a high gain yagi getting office X.

    I can see it now, there going to start installing bluetooth scramblers (they'll just call it "bluecavity") in public places to prevent remote theft...

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  2. Re:How helpful! by Mr.Sharpy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    More interesting is the fact that the phrase "37 hours of MPEG-4 'Moving Images'" appeared in the Toshiba press release. The poster simply took it from there.

  3. too much stuff by pandrew · · Score: 1, Insightful

    My only problem, is I already have a pda, cell phone, and other random things strewn about in my pockets at any given time. Now, i have to carry a device to let me store all the things i use?

    why don't they just make the next Jornada series with bluetooth and 5 gig storage built in?

    (oh and I don't think carrying a hard drive while its spinning is a great idea: that would be the day I decide to do jumping jacks and I scratch my precious server!)

  4. What about battery life... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    We're assuming that it's a portable device, so it must use batteries, correct?

    5Gibibytes is neat stuff, but it's useless if it'll only spin for 2 hours at a time.

  5. Re:This isn't a foolish as it may sound... by D4MO · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Then they'll just compress all that into one mini device.

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