Seagate unveils 12GB minidrive
News Seagate and Cornice both launched new compact hard drives on Monday that offer contrasting approaches to storage on mobile phones of the future. Seagate offered the device with the highest capacity, while Cornice has opted for a trade-off between...
[February 13, 2006, 17:20]
Bigger Toshiba minidrive may boost iPod capacity
News Toshiba said on Wednesday that it plans to release a 60GB version of its 1.8-inch hard drive, potentially paving the way for higher capacity iPods. The 60GB drive, which was discussed at Taiwan's Computex trade show, is due out in late summer or...
[June 3, 2004, 12:50]
Toshiba pins high expectations on minidrive
News For now, Toshiba has only prototypes of its mini hard drive, but the Japanese giant hopes to be making 200,000 to 300,000 by the end of the year, executives at the company said. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, Toshiba's...
[January 8, 2004, 11:41]
Hard drive 'crash guard' pioneered
News Minidrive specialist Cornice will unveil a new 3GB, 2.5cm-diameter hard drive at next month's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) offers more shock resistance and uses less battery life than its predecessors.
[December 15, 2004, 13:05]
Hitachi increases drive capacity
News Mikey", the code name for the smaller minidrive, is roughly 20 percent smaller than current versions. IBM invented the minidrive in the 90s but didn't sell many. Hitachi is going big and small with its drives.
[January 10, 2005, 15:15]
Magicstor puts 4.8GB in one-inch drive
News But a number of companies are competing in the minidrive arena. China-based GS Magicstor unveiled a one-inch hard drive that can hold up to 4.8GB of data, the highest capacity yet packed into a drive that small, according to the company.
[January 8, 2004, 9:20]
Microsoft dominates first day of 3GSM
News Seagate unveils 12GB minidrive The 3GSM World Congress kicked off in Barcelona on Monday with a swathe of announcements and product launches across the mobile space. Microsoft, which has been striving for several years to replicate its dominance on...
[February 14, 2006, 12:10]
