Samsung shows 'world's first' hard drive phone
This is fantastic as it opens the way to developing handphones into computers. Samsung developed the first handset with a hard drive of 1.5 GB. Okay, the current price is US$800, and it is not yet there - to compete against an IPod.
The Samsung handset 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.
But the set opens the way for more competition. Already, mobile phones get better digital cameras and start competing with lower end digital cameras. Next, prices will drop, when competition starts to develop similar capacities. And than, consumers will get a bigger hard drive and will be able to play their music like they can do on the IPod, watch TV (with all the limitations of a handset) and so on. A brand new world opens up.
The Samsung handset 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.
But the set opens the way for more competition. Already, mobile phones get better digital cameras and start competing with lower end digital cameras. Next, prices will drop, when competition starts to develop similar capacities. And than, consumers will get a bigger hard drive and will be able to play their music like they can do on the IPod, watch TV (with all the limitations of a handset) and so on. A brand new world opens up.
posted by Andreas @ 6:15 pm
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