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Mini-iPod Mystery Drive Unveiled?

Posted by timothy on from the melts-in-your-mouth dept.

squiggleslash writes "One of the aspects of the '2G mini-iPod' rumour that's so far made it unlikely is the lack of a tiny, cheap, 2G, drive. Well, today Cornice has announced a 2G hard drive (PDF, 100k) that fits the bill. It's available for about $70 in lots of 100,000. The Mac Rumour sites are going faily nuts over this for obvious reasons. The reason the drive is so cheap is that it contains virtually no driver electronics, there's not even a memory buffer - this is the equivalent of a 1980's RLL or MFM drive. At $70 it seems unlikely that the mini-iPod, assuming it's announced tomorrow, will be under $100, but on the other hand the original iPod sold for the same price as the harddrive inside it. Here's hoping..."

7 of 434 comments (clear)

  1. tonight baby by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    nerds suck dorks

  2. Apple will makeup the difference in $99 batteries by Proudrooster · · Score: -1, Troll

    How can Apple sell this mythical ipod device so cheap?

    Easy, Apple can sell the unit at cost and make it up in $99 battery sales. If you live in Europe (and are a loyal Apple customer), you can even sign a petition asking them to please lower replacement battery prices. I personally won't buy anything from Apple until I know what the accessories and replacement parts cost.

  3. Re:first post by Squirrley · · Score: -1, Troll

    I like how your first post was more of a fourth...

    --
    Go on, be afraid. Encourage the terrorists
  4. DOES IT RUN TEH LUNIX? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If so, I'll bet you get all the ladies!

    Too bad you're such a fucking faggot.

  5. Re:BOM Cost... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Macs are to promote sales of:
    A. anti-HIV drugs
    and
    B. lubricants for anal fisting

  6. iPod is overrated by superpulpsicle · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is why I hate Mac users, they will form an army at the drop of any half assed innovation as long as they can afford it.

  7. Re:ACC vs MP3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well, rather than using all those MP3s you downloaded illegally, you could always rip your legally purchased CDs to AAC. Smaller file size than MP3 for same quality, so could fit even more on the mini-iPod.