Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Sandisk's 64GB integrated SSD is no bigger than a wafer-thin mint

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Sandisk's 64GB integrated SSD is no bigger than a wafer-thin mint
Think your mobile device couldn't eat another byte, that it's stuffed full of storage? Surely it has room for a tiny little thin SSD? This is Sandisk's solution for storage in portable devices, the creation of a new class of storage: integrated SSD, or iSSD. Designed to be soldered right onto a motherboard, this drive is the size of a postage stamp, weighs the same as a paperclip, and will be available in sizes ranging from 4 to 64GB. Read and writes clock in at 160MB/sec and 100MB/sec, respectively, plenty fast enough to run a full OS, with an SATA interface ensuring broad compatibility. Early units are available now, with bulk orders shipping soon. Now, how many would you like? Just the one, monsieur?

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Sandisk's 64GB integrated SSD is no bigger than a wafer-thin mint originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Amex Digital claims 'world's smallest 1080p media player' with MP-501

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It's hardly as small as Thomson's A1, but it just might be the most diminutive media player in existence to actually handle 1080p without breaking too serious a sweat. Measuring just 175- x 128- x 15mm and weighing 250 grams, this pocket sized player can accept a multitude of film formats from a connected USB storage device or an SD card; once the media's flowing, it can output content as high as 1080p over HDMI, and there's also a composite video / audio output and mini-USB port 'round back. The MP-501 is equipped with an ARM Cortex-A8 processor and the ability to play nice with nearly every file under the sun that's stripped of DRM, and best of all, it's purportedly priced at just $49. Did you just stumble upon your next laptop case compartment filler? Yes, yes you did.

Amex Digital claims 'world's smallest 1080p media player' with MP-501 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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AirDropper Requests Files via Email and Saves to Your Dropbox [File Sharing]

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AirDropper Requests Files via Email and Saves to Your Dropbox
Not everybody's down with free file syncing service Dropbox, but that's not a problem with free webapp AirDropper. Use it to request a file, through email or password-protected link, and when they upload it, it goes right into your Dropbox space.

AirDropper authenticates itself with your Dropbox account, then asks you to fill out a request form for the file you're looking to receive. After providing the email address of the file-haver, or getting them a password-protected link through other means, they'll get to a page that simply asks them to browse and select the file, then upload it. That file lands right in your Dropbox account, in a folder you specify, and the world feels ever more connected.

AirDropper Requests Files via Email and Saves to Your Dropbox

It's a nice go-between agent for clients who can't send a large file out via email, or for pinging you friends and reminding them to send along that MP3 you were talking about last night.

AirDropper is free to use while in beta, but will eventually take on a "freemium" tiered pricing model that keeps a free option, according to its developer. It requires a free Dropbox account and an authentication if your browser cookies get wiped.

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Logitech's Wireless Illuminated K800 keyboard boasts ambient light and proximity sensors, costs $100

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/18/logitechs-wireless-illuminated-k800-keyboard-boasts-ambient-lig/

It wasn't too long ago that we were pondering the relative scarcity of backlit desktop keyboards, so let's all warmly welcome a new entrant into this niche category. The K800 from Logitech picks up where the wired Illuminated Keyboard left off: it has the requisite inflated price, adjustable and intelligent illumination to please functionalists, and a dagger-like profile for aesthetes. Ambient light sensors will align the keyboard's brightness to your environment, while proximity detectors will only flip the switch when your hands are in position to start writing. There's also a Micro USB cable to refresh your battery when it starts running low -- it's rated for up to 10 days of wireless use -- but whether this whole package of smart convenience is worth the $99.99 we'll leave up to you. The K800 should be shipping out later this month, and you can find out more about it in the press release after the break.

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Toshiba demonstrates successful BPR HDD, is 2.5Tb per inch a platter's last stand?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/18/toshiba-demonstrates-successful-bpr-hdd-is-2-5tb-per-inch-a-pla/

Toshiba demonstrates successful BPR HDD, is 2.5Tb per inch a platter's last stand?We'll be honest: we thought SSDs would suck down most of platter-based storage's milkshake by now -- that magnetic disks would follow tapes into obscurity. Alas, SSDs are still niche items, and Toshiba is doing all it can to keep them that way, demonstrating a successful prototype of a new storage technique called bit-pattern recording that currently generates a storage density of 2.5Tb per square inch. That's about five times more dense than the company's current offerings, achieved by placing individual bits onto lithographed "islands" of magnetic material. This protects the charge of the individual bits and allows those sectors to be much smaller. Toshiba suggests we won't see these until 2013, but now we're left wondering what's next... can engineers stuff even more bits onto these things?

Toshiba demonstrates successful BPR HDD, is 2.5Tb per inch a platter's last stand? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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