computerworld.com — NAND flash, it is the magic inside of the iPod nano. Thanks to NAND flash memory Apple is able to make those tiny little devices, and now Samsung has announced that they are mass manufacturing 8 gig NAND flash chips. What's that mean to you? Well, it most likely means that sometime within 6 months there will be an 8 gig iPod nano.
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Closed AccountJul 21, 2006
8 Gigs?! cool. I think I'll buy another player, I dont like iTunes.
thisboyJul 21, 2006
NAND flash at 8 and 16 gigs was announced the same day they released the first nano. So basically it was obsolete on its first day of sales.
arizonagrooveJul 21, 2006
"So how come I pay as much for a 1GB jump drive, as an iPod nano?"Because you're getting ripped off by the person you're buynig 1Gb 'jump drives' from?UK pricing for a 1GB Nano is £99. I bought a 1GB 'jump drive' this week for £21 and it's not a cheap and nasty one either. I've seen cheaper and nastier 1GB drives.
thebenchwarmerJul 21, 2006
More like... for the love of god...Please turn your caps off.
f337Jul 21, 2006
wouldn't samsung use these chips in their own devices to compete against apple and their ipods.
morimotonariJul 21, 2006
for Samsung to compete against Apple's Ipod phenonomena, they would have to build a Savy Marketing team that would blow Apple's away. And that aint gonna happen, any time soon.
tmcdiggJul 23, 2006
flash is still to weak a product line.. fine if you want to spend nearly $300 for 8gb when you can get the hd based sibling for the same price... and don't give me that crap about the flash based player being more robust, etc.. until they come out with 100gb flash based, who cares. Flash memory has not surpassed hd memory yet, maybe someday.. but 2-4gb increases are not even large enough to be called baby steps... I'm personally waiting for other companies to STEP-UP and finally compete on price/performance, and RAMP UP PRODUCTION so there finally is a company that DOES IT BETTER-- CHEAPER, and its available EVERYWHERE!!