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Apple Rumored to Be After Samsung Flash Memory
Steve Nixon writes "An unconfirmed report today from Reuters quotes an industry analyst firm iSuppli as saying that Apple plans to buy as much as 40 percent of Samsung's second-half flash memory output.
The NAND flash memory cards will be used in a new, 4 GB iPod Mini, which Apple would release in time for the holiday shopping season, the report stated. The current version of the 4 GB mini contains a hard drive. Apple's iPod Shuffle uses flash memory."
failure post? asdf gnaa!
Keeps the doctor away!
If apple has a monopoly on this kind of memory, or at least a large stake in it, then it means we won't see this kind of technology in competing audio players, ones that have many more useful features such as recording ability and OGG support. OGG is widely used for distributing music on bittorent based sites, and it's annoying to have to convert it to mp3 or aac...
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Well, they would probably figure out that something is up there that shouldn't be. :)
Are you listening, Apple? I'll actually money on you!
- Just my $0.02, take with a grain of salt, your mileage may vary.
Here is the flochart for this type of news.
Some sweaty dude in (pick a technology producing country japan,korea,taiwan,china) posts on his blog that the company he works at for USD $0.50/hr is demo'ing some product.
Gizmodo posts it first 50% of the time
Engadget posts it first 50% of the time
Once the later of those 2 post it(usually 24hours).
Some sweaty slashdot reader submits it to slashdot.
Later that day after 3 other sweaty slashdot readers submissions havge been rejected.
Roland Piquepalle rings Roblimo on the telly and gets it posted on slashdot.
I see you haven't shot yourself, yet. Instead you tried to redeem yourself with humor. At which point you failed again and are now condemned to shoot yourself in the face twice.