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Could Apple go Flash with their iPods?
James Oakwood
0 comments 09 February 2007
One of the more interesting rumours this week claimed that Apple are considering moving to Flash memory for the whole iPod range.
According to analyst Jesse Tortora, Apple may cease using hard drives in their larger iPods and replace them with Flash-based memory. The advantage of this is that the players would have extended battery life, could be smaller and also more robust. On the flipside, the change would mean that the retail price of the iPod could raise, as Flash memory is a more expensive option.
Although new hard drive technology does mean that Apple could potentially upgrade their players to 120GB of storage, Tortora believes that the company would prefer to switch to a format that could offer them, at the end of the year, a maximum of 32GB.
“We believe that the video iPod transition from 1.8-inch hard disk drives to NAND Flash memory may occur as soon as late 2007," said Tortora. "Our checks indicate that Apple is considering canceling its next generation HDD-based iPod design, with the form factor refresh involving a move to NAND flash memory."
So what do we think? Apple may well be looking seriously into higher-end NAND Flash memory, but our educated belief is that this would be future iPhone upgrades rather than top-of-the-range iPods. Either way though, it’s an interesting rumour.
Story via AppleInsider. For the original story, go here.
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