Next step for iPod: 80GB?

[PatrickGaerlan]

Toshiba, whose tiny hard drives power Apple Computer's hit iPod music players, announced that it has produced an 80GB model.

The company said in a statement late Monday that it will begin mass production in mid-2005 of new 1.8-inch drives with capacities of 40GB and 80GB.

Similar-size drives currently top out at 60GB.

Apple did not immediately announce plans to incorporate the drives in future products, but new iPod configurations have closely tracked Toshiba hard-drive developments. Toshiba announced plans for a 60GB hard drive in June, followed a few months later by Apple's unveiling of a 60GB color-screen iPod.

Apple is expected to reveal new iPod models, possibly including a larger hard-drive based player and low-end models based on flash memory, at the Macworld trade show in San Francisco in January.

Read more at CNET News.com.

[bittersweet]

That's a lot of space primarily for music. But then again, who uses their iPods only for music, anyway?

[scooter]

wish: ipod mini with at least 10gig capacity.. woohooooo:lol:

[Odysseus]

Originally posted by scooter
wish: ipod mini with at least 10gig capacity.. woohooooo:lol:

i second the motion. the ipod mini should be pumped up with more storage.

[cyberprince]

a 20GB ipod mini would win me over. i'd like a silver one to match my powerbook. i've noticed that the aluminum body is more scratch resistant.

[scooter]

i hope apple would pump up the ipod minis' storage capacity...

OT: i really don't like the ipod shuffle... i couldn't live with 120/240 songs hehehehe :lol:
yeah yeah, it's tiny... but even the normal ipod's size is quite portable for me... hehehe

ipod mini with 10 GB --- ok na yan!

[splukutum]

60 gb -> ipod photo
80 gb -> ipod video?

[cyberprince]

Well an 80GB ipod is very probably by the year end. This article from Slashdot UK says Toshiba will be shipping the 80GB hard drive for the ipod in the 3rd Quarter of 2005.