10 GB iPod mini this year?

By Barb Dybwad

Hitachi announced at CES that they plan to double the capacity of the 1" microdrive currently used in the iPod mini.
The drives, expected to come out in the second half of the year, will have between 8 and 10GB storage capacity.

On top of the capacity increase, the form factor will occupy 20% less volume than the current microdrives. Most of the space will be saved by replacing the Compact Flash interface with a Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) connector currently used in consumer electronics products.

The Macrumours article also mentions upcoming 80GB 1.8" drives from Hitachi in the second half of 2005, adding them to the 80GB circle along with
Toshiba.

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