★ “Seagate Momentus Thin powers first HDD-based tablets”

CNET:

The Seagate Momentus Thin is the first 7mm standard hard drive that offers up to 320GB of storage space and spins at 7,200rpm.” width=”270″ height=”147″ />The Seagate Momentus Thin is the first 7mm standard hard drive that offers up to 320GB of storage space and spins at 7,200rpm.

And the main reason why tablets don’t use hard-disk drives (HDDs) is the physical size: HDDs are generally not compact enough for the portability of a tablet computer. That is, unless, that HDD is Seagate Technology’s Momentus Thin.

The company announced today that this hard drive, which is the world’s first 2.5-inch hard drive with a 7mm profile, is now also the internal storage unit for the first HDD-based handheld tablets in the world, the 8- and 10-inch Archos G9 tablets. The new tablets, unveiled today, are among the first low-cost high-capacity tablets on the market.

There’s a reason why Apple internally hates the iPod classic. HDDs fail a lot in MP3 players. The iPod classic failure rate is the highest of any other iPod (even the touch with its gigantic glass face).

This is stupid.