[IP] Samsung shows 'world's first' hard drive phone
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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 6, 2004 9:30:45 AM EDT
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Samsung shows 'world's first' hard drive phone
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Samsung shows 'world's first' hard drive phone
By Tony Smith (tony.smith at theregister.co.uk)
Published Monday 6th September 2004 11:42 GMT
Samsung has shown what it claims is the world's first mobile phone that
incorporates a hard drive.
The SPH-V5400, unveiled today in Japan, includes 1.5GB of hard disk
storage. That's barely more than you can get from a SD or CompactFlash
card, but it's a start, presaging the day when handsets are as much
iPods as phones.
The Apple product is not only more capacious than the Samsung handset,
but cheaper too. When the SPH-V5400 goes on sale in South Korea later
this month, it will retail for around $800, IDG reports
(http://www.techworld.com/mobility/news/index.cfm?NewsID=2180).
The idea of adding a hard drive to a handset isn't new, but so far disk
sizes and reliability issues have weighed against their incorporation
into mobiles. The arrival of 1in drives makes equipping a handset with
hard disk storage a possibility, but production isn't easy or cheap -
one of the chief reasons why Apple's iPod Mini is proving too hard to
get hold of.
The Samsung handset also features an FM radio, 64-voice polyphonic
ringtone support, a 240 x 320 display and TV output - again, preparing
the way for the day when mobiles incorporate Microsoft Portable Media
Center-style functionality.
Ditto the phone's radio, which like the Neuros II 'digital audio
computer' (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/20/review_neuros_ii/)
and the Griffin iTrip can broadcast audio content to nearby FM
receivers.
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