Toshiba announces iPod classic-sized 80GB and 160GB 1.8-inch disks

Could be just a coincidence, but Toshiba just announced their new 1.8-inch, 80GB and 160GB hard disks. Right, the same size drives just announced for Apple's iPod classic line-up. Of course, Samsung announced their 160GB spinner a few weeks ago so we'll have to wait for the iSuppli teardown before making too many assumptions here. As for the details behind the 160GB MK1626GCB: 2x 80GB platters, 3,600rpm, 52MBps (66MBps for 80GB HDD) transfer rate and 15-ms mean seek time, and portable device-friendly CE-ATA interface on a mini 54 × 71 × 8-mm slab. Oh, and Tosh wants you (and the analysts) to know that they are "already shipping in samples," wink wink, nudge nudge.

[Via Impress]

[m16 @ Sep 6th 2007 4:08AM]

cool, how does one get a sample?

[reticulate @ Sep 6th 2007 4:10AM]

I don't know, manufacture some manner of portable music device perhaps?

[bl0nde @ Sep 6th 2007 4:31AM]

www.ipod.com

[ark_v2 @ Sep 6th 2007 4:16AM]

May I ask...why are you up? I'm preparing a presentation for tomorrow morning. It's going to be about HDD and flash memory. What a coincidence :P

[LiQuiD_FuSioN @ Sep 6th 2007 4:18AM]

Now, if they'd just put one of those 160GB HDs inside an iPod Touch..

[pathfinda @ Sep 6th 2007 5:50AM]

..or could i simply get a 160HD and mod the Touch....

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Sep 6th 2007 5:26AM]

66 MB/s would make a fine storage device for a DSLR. With 80GB, I could shoot all week long.

[LordFarkward @ Sep 6th 2007 5:27AM]

then they'll be sold for an arm and a leg and would have battery life that lasts less than 2 hours (it's got a huge touch screen unlike the classic)

[Jason @ Sep 6th 2007 5:34AM]

I'm pretty sure the 80GB hdd is cheaper than the 16GB of NAND flash. As for the power, if you are adding in the hdd, you can add a bigger battery. An extra mm or 2 would be worth it for the storage.

[DAZA @ Sep 6th 2007 6:27AM]

SSD costs about $10/GB. The most expensive part in the iPod touch is by far the NAND memory. Wonder if it will work with Windows Vista Ready Boost :)

[Zondajag @ Sep 6th 2007 5:46AM]

I'd like one of these for my iPod 4th gen, which already has a 40gb one i put in there...maybe i can try get rount the zif connector problem with some sort of special connector? :P

[Rboyett @ Sep 6th 2007 9:47AM]

I wonder if it would be possible to transplant one of these into a 5 or 5.5G iPod. I like the new Classic but my 5G iPod pretty much stays in my cars center console. I'd rather upgrade the hard drive then buy a new one.

[alvis @ Sep 6th 2007 10:11AM]

Are you reading this Cowon???????

[farhan patel @ Sep 6th 2007 2:03PM]

yay i won!!

[Jesse S @ Sep 6th 2007 6:55PM]

CE-ATA? Is that ZIF, IDE, or is CE-ATA something else?

I am so putting either this, or the Samsung drive in my Q5 (when it comes out).

(I'm liking Samsung's more, it's faster.)