Wouldn't It Be Cool To Get An Internal .85" Hdd

[Anhaedra]

They come in USB, and they come in up to 6GB, possibly 10GB in the near future. I bet one could fit one inside the GP2X easily.

 

[donny662]

yeah, that would be cool.

 

[PSyMastR]

yeah, that would be cool.

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ROFL. I was waiting for someone to respond like that.

 

[FluffyPanda]

What would be really cool would be if there was some way to add storage to the gp2x in increments of, say, 2-4 gig. Of course, they'd need to be really small devices that were easy to carry, add and remove. I don't know, say about the size of a stamp. It'd also be fantastic if they were readily available due to the ease of integration with all manner of other devices (PCs, cameras, PDAs, etc).

*sigh* Oh well, who knows what the future might hold?

</sarcasm>

 

[Zeon X]

Didnt craigx post that GPH was working on some kind of HD?

 

[Jarska333]

What would be really cool would be if there was some way to add storage to the gp2x in increments of, say, 2-4 gig. Of course, they'd need to be really small devices that were easy to carry, add and remove. I don't know, say about the size of a stamp. It'd also be fantastic if they were readily available due to the ease of integration with all manner of other devices (PCs, cameras, PDAs, etc).

*sigh* Oh well, who knows what the future might hold?

</sarcasm>

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Maybe they could build an SD adapter for CF cards. I hear they come in all sorts of sizes. A bit bigger than a stamp, though. Depends on stamp, actually. That would be really handy. But....

 

[mick_aka]

@FluffyPanda, I think that comment was lost on a few people

 

[circle_that_pit]

what a cool idea. maybe cool enough for the cool idea section.

 

[taras]

a cool ideas and other wishes section is indeed a cool idea... i wish there was one!

 

[Clad]

a cool ideas and other wishes section is indeed a cool idea... i wish there was one!

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So you could post your suggestion of having a cool idea section into that section ? What a cool idea !

 

[TelcoLou]

a cool ideas and other wishes section is indeed a cool idea... i wish there was one!

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So you could post your suggestion of having a cool idea section into that section ? What a cool idea !

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Hint taken

 

[torpor]

all you need is a USB adapter. build it/buy one from art103. with such an accessory, you can plug in whatever storage you want ..

i've got a JOBO Datatank (battery-powered hard disk) on mine. 60gigs of games, movies, pictures. piece of cake .. once you get that adapter, that is ..

 

[OmarNawaz]

just rip up a ipod the drives run on 3.3v and theyre cheap

once i get some money Im buying me a ipod mini harvesting the micro drive and selling on the parts ill have me a microdrive for cheap

then i can either mount it on the outside or somehow wire up a compact flash socket there must be room somewhere in the case

 

[racoon]

what about a bigger SD card?

 

[Taurondir]

If you think laterally, its not that hard to see; the GP2X sticks out at the battery bit, so all they have to do space wise is produce a new ticker backplate. Right there you could account for 4AA's for extra life, and space for hardware add-ons, as long as a small adaptor can tap the bottom port, or split and tap the SD port.

Or is this just crazy talk ?

 

[TKF15H]

Right there you could account for 4AA's for extra life, and space for hardware add-ons, as long as a small adaptor can tap the bottom port, or split and tap the SD port.

With all that weight, you may actually be able to knock someone out cold with it!

 

[declaration]

flash memory is the future. SD cards are getting bigger all the time and are much lighter and better for battery life than hard drives.

Just invest in a 4gb SD card.

 

[___]

well but a microdrive with like 20gb is an amount of space that will never be available to you using an SD card... maybe but not certainly! So it still is a nice idea to have an internal hdd in your gp2x especially since the microdrives don't really weigh much either...

although it would be nice to use as a weapon that would replace my pepperspray that I take at night lol... knocking out someone with your gp2x could damage the precious device though...

 

[sephiroth111]

considering the fact that 2gb and 4gb SD cards are outside the SD spec and only a few 2gb cards are supported as of right now, its hard to say if you could ever get a 4 (or if they will ever make it) 8gb SD card, because the SD spec would need to be rewritten for it to include such devices. not to mention, hard drives are at a very low price right now, @ around $0.25 USD per Gb in some cases, and only getting cheaper. SD cards, while small and thin, are expensive to many users, my SD card (sandisk 1gb) was $70. i really cant afford a 2/4/8gb device

 

[funtasticguy]

sephiroth111, 4GB SD cards are currently being sold. I got a A-Data 150x 4GB SD card that works perfectly on my GP2X.

You can find which SD cards work on the GP2X here:

http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/SD_card_compatibility

Future SD cards roadmap is found here:

http://www.sdcard.com/usa/TextPage.asp?Page=2

As you can see, there are plans to make 32GB SD cards. I wouldn't be surprised if they make an 8 GB SD by this summer or by the end of this year since the 4GB SD cards came out last summer.

When the 4GB SD cards first came out last summer, they were $399 or more. You can now find 4GB SD cards at eBay for as cheap as $149. I got my 4GB SD card at newegg.com for not that much more.