Iomega inches closer to mini-storage

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Iomega has unveiled details of a small, detachable storage drive it is developing for portable electronics gadgets.

The 1.5GB device, dubbed Digital Capture Technology, or DCT, uses a combination of hard drive technology created by Iomega and technology licensed from partner Fuji Photo Film, a digital camera maker. The drive's main component is a removable, disc-shaped cartridge that is about the size of a U.S. half-dollar, or roughly 1.5 inches in diameter, Iomega said Tuesday. It can be inserted into a slot built into a portable device or accessed using a USB (universal serial bus) connection, a representative for the San Diego-based company said.

Iomega, which has seen its once widespread Zip drive suffer a decline in popularity, has released several products in a double-pronged effort to tap the consumer and the corporate markets. Earlier this year, it introduced a multiformat DVD burner drive. It also recently launched network-attached storage products for companies. Iomega plans to unveil several other products over the next few months, the representative said.

News source: C|Net News.com

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(1 reply) #1 pjak on 22 Jul 2003 - 22:23

interesting...but sounds like that credit card hard drive system, as seen on Neowin...a few months back!

#1.1 sonob on 22 Jul 2003 - 23:56

same capacity as Cornice.. I wonder which will win(or better). www.cornice.com pretty much the same thing.

(1 reply) #2 kuroneko on 22 Jul 2003 - 23:55

Hopefully this will get Iomega back on the map sort of speak.

#2.1 Palverone on 23 Jul 2003 - 19:37

only way is if Microsoft bought them and used their technology in a portable XBOX unit.

(2 replies) #3 Dessimat0r on 23 Jul 2003 - 00:54

Sounds like 'IBM Microdrive' to me.

#3.1 kuroneko on 23 Jul 2003 - 02:11

Never heard of it.

#3.2 mbg on 23 Jul 2003 - 12:03

It's a miniature hard drive in a CompactFlash Type II form factor.

Not sure whether DCT includes the drive mechanism (I don't think so). So, it might be a lot thinner than the Microdrive.

(1 reply) #4 sodapop on 23 Jul 2003 - 01:40

Isn't this type of stuff already out? I remember seeing it.

#4.1 mbg on 23 Jul 2003 - 12:03

You might be thinking of Clik! (now PocketZip)

...which was very small (40MB or so).

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