Big Jump For Tablet Storage: Seagate Intros 5mm Hard Disk For Tablets

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Big Jump For Tablet Storage: Seagate Intros 5mm Hard Disk For Tablets

Posted by samzenpus on Monday September 9, 2013 @06:33AM from the give-me-more dept.

cold fjord writes "ZDNet reports, 'Seagate on Monday took the wraps off a hard drive designed for tablets that brings 7x the storage capacity of a 64GB device with the same performance as a Flash drive. The drive, the Seagate Ultra Mobile HDD, uses software to boost performance. The idea is that Android tablet manufacturers will use the Seagate drive, along with the company's mobile enablement kit and caching software, to up the storage. The 2.5-inch drive is 5 mm thin and weighs 3.3 ounces. As for capacity, the drive has 500GB---enough for 100,000 photos and 125,000 songs.' More at The Wall Street Journal."

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no thanks by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:36 · Score: 5, Insightful

no thanks. I'm more interested in moveing devices from mechanical to solid state, not the other way around.
1. Re:no thanks by ackthpt · 2013-09-09 06:51 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  no thanks. I'm more interested in moveing devices from mechanical to solid state, not the other way around.
  Absolutely.
  My old iPod I treat with utmost care because the little booger has a spinning disc in it. I've seen enough head crashes in my day I don't want one in something without a Field Service Tech a phone call away to handle. Also, I'm rather clumsy with some of my more delicate electronics (hence ordering an Otterbox Defender for my mobile phone) and have been known to damage things with shock.
  Why not an SSD at this stage?!? Sure, it's a few extra bucks, but I wouldn't consider anything mechanical storage memory except in a RAID config in a static system.
  
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2. Re:no thanks by ArcadeMan · 2013-09-09 07:41 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  About 8 billion dollars worth of stolen material, if we're to believe the lies of RIAA accountants.
  
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3. Re:no thanks by jaseuk · 2013-09-09 09:36 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  No, they were 5mm thin. It was an Apple product.
  Jason.
The hell is 7x a 64gb drive? by solafide · 2013-09-09 06:37 · Score: 5, Funny

Couldn't we just say 500gb up front and be done with it, instead of having a bogus multiplier on a meaningless size? What's next, "this hard drive holds 30 Library of Congresses, which are each 6x the capacity of a regular library?"
1. Re:The hell is 7x a 64gb drive? by dpidcoe · 2013-09-09 07:39 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  obligatory XKCD: http://xkcd.com/1257/
SSD or GTFO by babtras · 2013-09-09 06:37 · Score: 4, Insightful

I'm not keen to have spinning parts in a device that I drop a couple times a day.
1. Re:SSD or GTFO by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:45 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You drop your tablet a couple times a day? You'd better keep the fuck away from anything I own.