Posted by Wazuki
Read in news. Samsung unveiled in Japan new phone V5600 or 5400- using hard drive of 1.5gb capacity. Mp3 and tv all is there. Price is about 800 usd. Soon seems will be no need in pc with such phones.
Posted by marlonxp
:-Dnow thats a phone
Posted by masseur
Samsung shows 'world's first' hard drive phone
Samsung sticks hard-disk drive in new phone
Posted by Miss UK
No phone is betta than a pc functionally! :-p
Posted by shyam335
The first of my concern about such a phone is batt life in real life
Posted by Miss UK
Exactly or have they come up with a way to power it without batterys? Crap phone pc way better :-p
Posted by masseur
I doubt the hard drive would be running all the time, it would only be activated as required, and I don't think anyone is trying to compare a phone which has a hard drive with a pc
the hard drive here is only 1.5gb and, well I already have a 1gb SD card and 1 gb compact flash which I am sure would draw much less power than a hard drive so why bother anyway? just add SD support and also it will surely be lighter too
Posted by shyam335
I think hdd will have lesser cost per byte than msd or cf,is that really the case?
Posted by masseur
yes, cost is probably the only positive thing about using a hard drive I guess
Posted by Scorchio
I think the real point is being missed here. THere is now a phone with a hard drive! Yes its only 1.5gigs but its only a matter of time before we see 20 40gig+ hard drives in mobiles! Price v's capacity will far surpass that of any mmc card.
Posted by methylated_spirit
cards are heading that way too, though.
Posted by sieg dante
I thought the japan will be the first one who introduce this feature...
Posted by BobaFett
And what battery do they have?