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Samsung Introduces Phone With Hard Drive
swight1701 writes "It is being reported that Samsung has shown what it claims is the world's first mobile phone that incorporates a hard drive. The model, V5400, is integrated with a 1" hard drive with 1.5GB of capacity. Other features of the phone include - 2.2" LCD display, an MP3 player, electronic book reader, and Korean-English dictionary. Samsung has also included a built-in microphone to enhance the audio in the phone's camcorder feature. The included dual-speakers allow the user to listen to music with a 3D appeal."
loid_void adds a link to this Reuters story, too.
..where exactly is the camera?
Look at my phone it has Tetris on it. Nope, that's the defragmenter.
But can you make telephone calls with it? Well, someone had to say it.
So what you're saying is that this cell phone has one more component with a marked propensity for failure than the competitor's does?
If my answers frighten you, stop asking scary questions.
1.5 GB?
Noone could ever use more than 640 Kb of memory... er, oops...
Not until my phone includes a grappling hook/laser cutter/.22 LR hand gun/ and is seductive enough to lure exotic women will I be content.
Hard Drive. HA, thats for CIA spies.
"Donuts, is there anything they can't do?"
I don't care about the mp3 player, but it's about time I had a phone with a Korean-English dictionary! Now I just need a translation of the Magna Carta to swahili and a random selection of quotes from "Moby Dick", and I'll be set.
I'm you from the future! We have to finish our time machine before the Angels of Destruction find the portal!
One other solution to this would be to try really, really hard not to drop it. This actually kind of applies to *anything* with a hard drive in it.
But the costs of this technology are too prohibitive for anyone to buy one as a serious tool
You meant but instead of as, right? : p
is it possible to make phone calls with this thing?
vodka, straight up, thank you!
"Samsung has also included a built-in microphone..."
That's odd, my cell phone has had a built in microphone for ages.
Wow! A telephone with a built-in microphone! What will they think of next?
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
So I still can't open it up, say "beam me up Scotty" and have anything interesting happen.
Squirrel!
Hooray for upskirt videos!
That's über-cool! I always wanted a cell with a built-in microphone. Now I can finally talk to the people I call!
"Sometimes it may not seem like it, but we really have come a long way."
no we havent, but our technology sure has.
Technology changes, people don't.
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It seems the same problem and it's hard to imagine that people don't drop their Ipods nearly as often as their cell phones.
I'm unemployed and, therefore, too poor to buy an Ipod. Else I would be able to answer the question from first hand experience. ( I drop everything )
But does it make phone calls?
"When I die, I want to go quietly, like my grandfather, in his sleep... not screaming, like the passengers in his car."
but....Bill Gates said 640 kb would be enough for everybody! ...and it STILL won't be enough to run DOOM3! ..and watch 'em get sued into oblivion by the RIAA when they find out how many MP3's you can put on one ...I'm not buying one until they support .ogg
yeah, but can you put linux on it?
Imagine a beewolf (spelling wrong on purpose) cluster of these!
I want to see Natalie Portman using one...patricularly when she's naked and petrified, while I'm pouring hot grits down my pants.
blah, blah b;ah!
>>>>>> Chewie, take the professor in the back and plug him into the hyperdrive.