http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/1-tb-hard-drive-for-your-e-books-and-multimedia/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:55:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/1-tb-hard-drive-for-your-e-books-and-multimedia/comment-page-1/#comment-179446 Brian Carnell Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:25:38 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6033#comment-179446 The $400 price point is what's really amazing about that announcement. The $400 price point is what’s really amazing about that announcement.

]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/1-tb-hard-drive-for-your-e-books-and-multimedia/comment-page-1/#comment-177504 Branko Collin Sun, 07 Jan 2007 03:54:47 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6033#comment-177504 That Sandisk thingy is very nice and shiny. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up. Unfortunately at an estimated 700 US$ it won't be the basis for the next generation of PMPs for developing nations. That Sandisk thingy is very nice and shiny. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up. Unfortunately at an estimated 700 US$ it won’t be the basis for the next generation of PMPs for developing nations.

]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/1-tb-hard-drive-for-your-e-books-and-multimedia/comment-page-1/#comment-177350 David Rothman Sat, 06 Jan 2007 21:30:16 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6033#comment-177350 Excellent point, Dan. While rugged mechanical drives would be great for handhelds, rugged solid state ones would be better. And the 32G mentioned in the link should certainly be adequate for all but fastest speed readers ;-) Thanks. David Excellent point, Dan. While rugged mechanical drives would be great for handhelds, rugged solid state ones would be better. And the 32G mentioned in the link should certainly be adequate for all but fastest speed readers Thanks. David

]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/1-tb-hard-drive-for-your-e-books-and-multimedia/comment-page-1/#comment-177336 Dan Jackson Sat, 06 Jan 2007 21:14:41 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6033#comment-177336 While I'm obviously happy about the advent of terabyte-size hard drives, I can't help but think that drives with moving parts are not really the right way to go for handhelds. Something along the lines of <a href="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01/04/sandisk_launches_flash_hard_drive/" rel="nofollow">this</a> seems like a better approach. Sure, 32 gigs is peanuts compared to a terabyte, but it's more than enough for most portable usages. And you could always refresh it from your 1TB multimedia station at home. While I’m obviously happy about the advent of terabyte-size hard drives, I can’t help but think that drives with moving parts are not really the right way to go for handhelds. Something along the lines of this seems like a better approach. Sure, 32 gigs is peanuts compared to a terabyte, but it’s more than enough for most portable usages. And you could always refresh it from your 1TB multimedia station at home.

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