A story on the spread of Mini HDD as a digital media storage devices for music etc…
Toshiba, which supplies 1.8 inch drives for Apple’s original iPod, plans to launch stamp-sized 0.85 inch drives, certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s smallest HDD, later this year, targeting the market for cellphones and other mobile devices.
Hitachi makes matchbook-sized one-inch drives which are used in mini iPods and can be squeezed into cellphones.
Crowding the market further, Seagate Technology HDD Holdings , the world’s largest maker of HDDs, aims to launch its own one-inch drives, possibly by later this year.
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