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Bluetooth Enabled External Harddrive
anocow writes "According to this press release at Nikkei Biztech (Japanese), Toshiba will be selling a Bluetooth enabled 5 gig external hard disk called the "Hopbit". It will be priced at 49800 yen. Apparently it will run on batteries for a maximum of 6 hours continuously. Talk about mobility!"
Wow 5 gigs worth of portable porn, what will they think of next? *gets ready to be modded down*
I mean, forget wardriving - imagine being able to sit next to someone with a laptop and actually get between them and their hard disk! Oh, the havoc you could cause ;-)
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
This still seems Japanese to me :-)
thank you babelfish
(English -> Japanese -> English)
The babelfish appreciate in you
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It uses bluefish encryption algorithims. :)
What has it got on it's sectorses?
Ahh - My eye!
The doctor said I'm not supposed to get Slashdot in it!
On the other hand, it might be a little creepy if all the random tech bits could communicate. It's a divide and conquer thing. Combined, I think all the devices on my person have more processing power than me...
My PDA+DCamera+laptop+cellphone+datawatch+tablet+HD will assimilate me...
"Be proud to be a fighter" - Martial Arts Adage
Toshiba will be selling a Bluetooth enabled 5 gig external hard disk called the "Hopbit".
Is the firewire version called the "Sauron"?
Combine this with some of the wireless power things coming out, and we're halfway to a Star Trek world. Network the tricorders indeed!
Easy tiger... there's still all that warp drive malarky to invent...
The article failed to mention that Hopbits are typically smaller than Dwarves, usually fat and jovial, with large hairy feet.
>>Warsurfing? (Score:5)
>>by sdeath on Friday October 11, @07:05AM
>>As though 802.11 wasn't bad enough. Now we can
>>have someone sniffing hard drive accesses as
>>well?
>>I wonder when "Bluesnort" will be coming out.
With its 30ft open air range, I think you'd maybe kinda sorta be aware of anyone snorting in your vicinity.
Unless, of course, the snorter uses a BT(tm) enabled Pringles can to enhance reception...
10 MD
Also, due to the short range of bluetooth, I'm guessing we'll need things like little tent cards to set on coffee shop tables next to some unsuspecting HD owner. Or maybe post-it (TM) notes. You could darchalk (darpen?) the post-it, palm it cunningly, and give the "HD provider" a friendly slap on the back ("Hey, nice system!").
Using this new technology, we will have access to more data storage than we could fill in a lifetime.
That is, a lifetime of transferring over Bluetooth. This is such a step backwards it's not even funny.
I can't wait for the new 40GB external serial port hard drives. RS-232 baby! When technology really gets advanced, the computer and hard drive will communicate across a room with robotic hands doing sign language. Without thumbs you could do eight bits...how about 01000010?
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Dear Eric_Cartman_South_P,
The iPod is an MP3 player, its selling well. We don't want to turn it into a piece of technical bloatware that geeks can ask for any old crap to be put into because its "cool". The iPod is "cool" not because of all the things it has, but because of the fact it does what it sets out to do well.
We see no evidence that there is consumer demand for the device you describe, and USB and Firewire hard-disks already exist, we know this because we support them.
One product does not have to do everything, to sell well it should do what it sets out to do very well, and we believe the iPod achieves that aim.
Regards
Apple
PS. We had a bet in the office that you've never designed hardware, can you confirm this.
An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind - Gandhi
Blue tooth enabled drive: $400
Trip to Mac section of computer store: free
Free software while you "pose" around the imacs: Priceless
(of course, it's mac software, so depending on your perspective it could be worthless... your call)
Now all we need is bootable bluetooth hard drives, and we'll be able to take our computer around with us. Then hardware auto-detection would really be a point of contention.
-Miles
Fuzzy