Toshiba makes its iPod drives slightly smaller

Toshiba has announced that they're making their 1.8-inch hard drives (the ones used in iPods) slightly smaller. The new drives will be available in 60GB, 40GB, 30GB, and 20GB capacities, with the 30GB and 20GB models coming in at 0.2 inches in height and 1.7 ounces, and the 40GB and 60GB models a slightly chunkier 0.3 inches and 2.1 ounces. That's about a shaving of 0.1 inches off the 30 and 20GB models, and even less of a shrinkage of the larger models. Toshiba's also still promising that their 80GB 1.8-inch drive will ship mid-way through this year (um, isn't that like, now?).