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Samsung shows 'world's first' hard drive phone
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 13:57:49 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Date: September 6, 2004 9:30:45 AM EDT To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Samsung shows 'world's first' hard drive phone Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed comOriginal URL: <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/06/samsung_hdd_handset/>
Samsung shows 'world's first' hard drive phone By Tony Smith (tony.smith at theregister.co.uk) Published Monday 6th September 2004 11:42 GMTSamsung 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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