Seagate Proposes Wireless Hard Disk Drives for Mobile Devices

jmke · 1st February 2007, 14:04

Freaky name for Seagate's new technology... Anybody remember HAL2000: I'm afraid I can't do that DAVE.

"The world’s largest producer of hard disk drives, Seagate Technology, has unveiled what it calls DAVE (digital audio/video experience) and what is a platform for creation wireless storage devices for consumer electronics or mobile gadgets, providing ease of sharing content across various devices.<br><br>

Seagate suggests to equip small form-factor hard disk drives with 10GB – 20GB storage capacity with special set of controllers and a wireless technology, such as Wi-Fi 802.11b/g or Bluetooth 2.0, which, with the help of specially created software and firmware will be able to communicate with mobile phones or any other devices compliant with aforementioned wireless technologies.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage...131231724.html

1st February 2007, 14:04	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Seagate Proposes Wireless Hard Disk Drives for Mobile Devices Freaky name for Seagate's new technology... Anybody remember HAL2000: I'm afraid I can't do that DAVE. "The world’s largest producer of hard disk drives, Seagate Technology, has unveiled what it calls DAVE (digital audio/video experience) and what is a platform for creation wireless storage devices for consumer electronics or mobile gadgets, providing ease of sharing content across various devices.<br><br> Seagate suggests to equip small form-factor hard disk drives with 10GB – 20GB storage capacity with special set of controllers and a wireless technology, such as Wi-Fi 802.11b/g or Bluetooth 2.0, which, with the help of specially created software and firmware will be able to communicate with mobile phones or any other devices compliant with aforementioned wireless technologies. http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage...131231724.html __________________

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