Samsung Ships Compact Flash Card Sized Hard Drive

Samsung Electronics, a worldwide leader in digital consumer electronics and information technology has just announced the shipment of its Compact Flash card-sized hard disk drives (HDD) for use in mobile consumer devices.

The device is available with a 30GB and 40GB capacity. These Spinpoint A1 hard disks offer significantly higher storage capacity than conventional memory cards, high shock resistance, and low power consumption.

Samsung's compact A1 hard drive is just 42.8 x 36.4 x 5 mm in size. It delivers more than 3 times the capacity of 1-inch HDDs currently on the market while adding only 23 percent more volume.These powerful features make Samsung's new A1 hard drives the ideal choice for advanced mobile devices that need a significant step up in storage capacity while still keeping size to a minimum.

Samsung's A1 drive is offered with PATA/CEATA/USB interface options and features a 3600rpm rotation speed, a 2MB buffer memory, shock resistance of up to 650G, a two-second drive-ready time, and nearly inaudible acoustic noise.

Samsung's A-Series is currently shipping with an MSRP of $199.