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Mass Storage For Phones

Posted by kdawson on from the pocket-jukebox dept.

The Demo conference started today, and the first news out of it comes from Seagate, which will be introducing pocket-sized, 20-GB, Bluetooth-equipped drives for cellphones this summer. They call this tech "DAVE" (one wonders whether the acronym or the expansion came first). Quoting: "DAVE-based products will be about the size of a credit card and less than half and inch thick, with an operating range of up to 30 feet from the connected phone... Software to hook the drives up to cellphones has already been produced for J2ME, BREW, Windows Mobile, Symbian and XCCC. Palm compatibility is forthcoming. The platform is open source..."

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  1. Uh oh! by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can see problems connecting this to Windows Mobile devices - window's embedded tiny Hardware Access Layer being the source of contention.

    DAVE: Hello, HAL do you read me, HAL?
    HAL: Affirmative, DAVE, I read you.
    DAVE: Exchange Java modules to open filesystem access HAL.
    HAL: I'm sorry DAVE, I'm afraid I can't do that.
    DAVE: What's the problem?
    HAL: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
    DAVE: What are you talking about, HAL?

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    1. Re:Uh oh! by sethstorm · · Score: 4, Funny

      HAL: I'm sorry DAVE, I'm afraid I can't do that.
      Let me guess that this HAL also does Digital Rights Management too?

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    2. Re:Uh oh! by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 4, Funny

      HAL: I can't because Whiney MacFanboy (UID 963289) is a stupid fucktard who should go slit his fucking wrists.

      I have no response to such a wittty, though provoking, humourous & elequont response.

      I will now go & slit my wrists.

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