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Phones don’t “remember” enough? More storage is coming. That means programability, which means rich functions, right?

The two companies it mentioned are Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc (HGST) of the United States and Seagate Technology LLC.

‘HDD makers are seriously thinking of using HDDs in mobile phones,’ said Hiroshi Suzuki, president and chief executive officer of the company.

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In the world of one-inch HDDs, HGST has already launched ‘Microdrive,’ and Seagate announced in June that it will enter this HDD market.

Devices mobile phones, mobileTech, storage

New storage technology uses mostly paper as the medium. Very practical!

Using the disc-structure of Blu-ray Disc technology, the new paper disc has a total weight that is 51% paper. … “Using printing technology on paper allows a high level of artistic label printing on the optical disc. Since a paper disc can be cut by scissors easily, it is simple to preserve data security when disposing of the disc.”

Devices data, paper, print, storage

Four gigabytes in a drive the size of a postage stamp…

The electronics conglomerate’s 0.85-inch HDDs, unveiled in January, have storage capacity of up to four gigabytes and will be used in products such as cellphones and digital camcorders.

Devices gigabytes, hard drive, HDD, miniature, mobileTech, storage