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Forget CF, SmartMedia, and any other type of mem card for springboard modules.

This is what should be used in the next module. 500mb of storage space in the size of a quarter! That's more memory then any palm users will ever need in a lifetime.

Here is the link to the company that produces these drives....

http://www.dataplay.com/jsp_files/en/discover/index.jsp

Handspring, if your reading, show this to the R&D dept today!

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http://www.dataplay.com/jsp_files/en/discover/index.jsp

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Originally posted by Toby


VaporGear was supposedly working on one of these things. Couldn't find the picture, but the modules will be huge since they'll require their own power.

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Not much information on their web site. I'm most interested in power consumption as spinning media are notorious power hogs (compared to solid state). Also, spinning media have a much higher failure rate than their solid state competitors - especially in portable units that are accessing the media during constant movement and bumping

Any idea what the power consumption, g-shock, and MTBF numbers are for these little guys?

Kupe

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Originally posted by smittyofdhs
2 of the current modems use there own power (AAA batteries) so the module wouldn't have to be any bigger then these modules.

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On the other hand, if there was 500mb CF card or SmartMedia card, then this would all be a mute point.

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But I have yet to see one. The biggest CF I've seen is 128 or 192.

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Next question, could a cf module adapter handle a cf card that's 192mb? or is it limited to 16,32,64 cards?

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Originally posted by Toby


VaporGear was supposedly working on one of these things. Couldn't find the picture, but the modules will be huge since they'll require their own power.

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Originally posted by Kupe
Not much information on their web site.

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Any idea what the power consumption, g-shock, and MTBF numbers are for these little guys?

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Reliability
Recording Layer Archival Life 100 years
MTTF 100,000 hours
Load/Unload 1,500 cycles

Environmental
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Shock
Operating (2ms) 800G
Non-operating (1ms) 2,000G

Vibration (5 to 500Hz)
Operating 1.0G (0-P)
Non-operating 5.0G (0-P)

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Yes, it would. There's a bit more hardware required for the dataplay drives than for a modem from what I can see. There's probably also a higher power consumption. BTW, I found the innogear product: http://www.dataplay.com/images/en/p...innodrive-1.gif.

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I need another compact media format like I need a hole in my head.

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Just remembered, the "data play" cd is one of those "digitally secure" devices <sic> .... -- No Thanks --, peddle your wares to someone else.. next (open standards, consumer friendly) product please..

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Is this dataplay storage device re-writeable? If not, you can't compare to smartmedia or CF.

GL

DataPlay media is not currently rewriteable, but at a cost of only $5-10 per disc, you can afford to buy a crapload of them compared to CF/SM cards. Rewriteability is in the works.

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Originally posted by EricG
I need another compact media format like I need a hole in my head.

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For the same reasons PocketZip & to an extent MinDiscs didn't catch on I don't expect to see this replace flash memory in most cases. For music I can see this being a big hit. For handhelds, cameras, etc... which also make up a good percentage of Flash memory users, I don't think it will be that effective.

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For music I can see this being a big hit.

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They arent' that big, they are just THICK, thinker than an type 3 pcmcia card!!!! I think that they are going to have to make a Sleve for the ipaq to accomiate it, because the type 2 pcmcia drive won't sell at all...;

sam

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