LetsGoDigital’s coverage of the IFA 2003 - World of Consumer Electronics show has continued with reports on the Canon EOS 300D, Canon i560 and i350 printers, and the Hitachi 4Gb microdrive that I reported last week. There’s a great photo that shows the internal workings of a 1Gb microdrive, which is a mere 1 inch in size. Interestingly Hitachi have taken steps to improve the protection of the microdrive if it is dropped:

“The housing of the Microdrive now has a rubber fender all around, something that the first generation was lacking all around. This fender makes it possible for the Microdrive to survive a fall of 75cm on a concrete floor. When falling on carpet of a minimum of 1cm it may be 1m.”

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