Affordable 64Gb Flash Memory Leaves Room For Thought [And Tons of Media!]

[ACE]

Corsair just released the first ever 64Gb Flashdrive. How's this Zune related you ask? Well, that's a good question!

Corsair is retailing these puppies at $199 - which is a steal! Last year, Corsair shocked everyone by bringing out the first 16Gb Flash drive, which was unheard of then. Now, we have a 16Gb Zune this year. Think of the possibilities as NAND flash RAM gets cheaper (which it is). Could we be looking at a 64Gb Flash Zune (with a touchscreen?) soon?

Technology leaps like these are what help push progress, especially when they can affect Zune. With a 64Gb touchscreen Zune, I'd seriously consider buying one since current touchscreen players offer such low capacities. I don't know about you, but I think it's cool to dream (and send Microsoft a HUGE hint...)

[via Corsair via Engadget]

[SilentWalrus]

I would honestly enjoy purchasing a 64gb touchscreen Zune.

[runtohell121]

heh found it before you >.< but don't know should i even post it 64gb kinda expensive to be honest lol but flash drive

[Cloud Strife]

Amazing..

[SilentWalrus]

Originally Posted by runtohell121

heh found it before you >.< but don't know should i even post it 64gb kinda expensive to be honest lol but flash drive

Yeah, but would you purchase a 64gb Zune touch for $399?
I sure would.
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[saab900]

whats the advantage of having that big of a flash drive vs hd?

[runtohell121]

Originally Posted by saab900

whats the advantage of having that big of a flash drive vs hd?

HD=can't carry around that easy
flash drive=just put in your pocket and lose it

[Locke]

That would be awesome.

[EndUnknown]

I want a zune that has the form of an 80, but a 128gb ssd. I could dropkick the thing then(not that I would *hugs zune*).

[saab900]

Ive got a perfectly good zune that fits right in my pocket, and guess what it uses? A hard drive.

[ACE]

Originally Posted by saab900

whats the advantage of having that big of a flash drive vs hd?

A couple things:

- Flash Memory works better with touch sensitive screens. Hard drives have a strong magnetic field that disrupts the workings of the screen's sensitivity (that's why you don't see a 120Gb iPod Touch with a hard drive 'cause that's simply not possible)

- Flash memory is thought to need less power. No moving parts and the memory is more readily accessible. This is debatable and depends on the device's firmware/software to control the power consumption of the RAM.

- Flash memory is a smaller form factor. As you can see, 64Gb in a Flash Drive is tiny but is twice the memory capacity of the Zune 30. Granted, the Zune 30 has more than just memory (like a screen, buttons, etc.) but the physical hard drive inside the Zune 30 is probably a couple times larger than the 64Gb NAND Flash memory (and two times smaller in capacity).

Those are just a couple reasons why flash memory is taking over, and HD player will soon be a thing of the past....As the price continues to drop, a smaller package to carry just as much, if not more, memory will become the more desired technology. *looks sadly at his Zune 120*

[runtohell121]

Originally Posted by saab900

Ive got a perfectly good zune that fits right in my pocket, and guess what it uses? A hard drive.

well, that is a 1.8" hard drive in it, compared to this little 64gb flash drive which is like 2 inch long and like .5" wide? lol your zune is like 6-8" tall around 4" wide? very different in sizes? a flash drive also don't break that easy.