But HDDs aren’t a good component for tablets, even if they are 7mm thin. With a laptop, the user typically powers down the machine before transport; tablets tend to be an always-on device. Which means that hard drive is going to be spinning away at 7200RPM when you don’t want it to (e.g. when it’s bouncing around in your bag or when you’re passing it between friends to watch a video).
The one thing that might make these tablets hard to pass up is the price. The 8-inch and 10-inch G9s will cost around $US280 and $US350, respectively. Which, for that amount of storage space, is an amazing deal. But price probably doesn’t matter all that much when the tablet in question isn’t all that great. [CNET]
AnthonyP
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 9:18 AMWhat about the Giga-Byte S1080? fitted with a 350GB HDD!
Evan
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 9:44 AMA bigger problem is that hard drives spin and cause centrifugal force leading to problems holding the tablet at weird angles…
RodK
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 10:15 AMOld tech I admit, but my ipod classic 120GB has been great. Haven’t had any troubles with HDD while walking, cycling etc. This tablet might make for a great media consumption device for storing decent quality video.
Franz
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 6:14 PMOr or or, rather than that big HDD affair, make a tablet that lets me stick 4+ microSD cards in it…