Tags: Hardware Solutions, technology
By Alexander Villafania
MANDALUYONG CITY, METRO MANILA – With tablet PCs becoming a preferred choice for consuming multimedia such as high definition videos, the need for bigger storage becomes paramount.
In fact, the more tablet PCs are bought, the more multimedia files are consumed.
While most tablet PCs have an average of between 8 gigabytes (Gb) and 16 Gb of storage, the demand for bigger sizes are expected to continue, with some owners looking for devices with at least 32 Gb or 64 Gb memory capacity.
Because of the relative thin-ness of tablet PCs, these can only accommodate solid state drives (SSDs), which are not yet sizable in terms of capacity against regular hard disks (the only Android-based tablet PC that has a hard disk is the Archos G9 series, which is not yet available in the Philippines).
BS Teh, Seagate Asia Pacific and Japan senior vice president and managing director, noted that tablet PCs are fast becoming a “choice device” for multimedia consumption as these are less cumbersome.
Citing a study by research firm Gartner, Teh said there would be 300 million tablet PCs to be shipped worldwide by 2013. By 2015, two-thirds of computing devices will be tablets and smartphones.
“Their relative size makes them better choice so it’s not a surprise that tablets would become choice devices for multimedia. But because they don’t have large-capacity hard disks, putting multimedia files would still be limited,” Teh said.
On the other hand, Teh said hard disks can be attached to tablets via USB though it requires additional wires as well as external power for the hard disk drive. Otherwise, the drives would draw power from the tablets, which would shorten the device’s battery charge.
“Hard disks would eventually have functionalities that would allow wireless streaming capabilities for tablet PCs so as to accommodate the multimedia needs of the user.”
Just recently, Seagate introduced its first foray into the wireless hard disk business with its GoFlex Satellite, a mobile hard disk that can connect via WiFi to tablet PCs. The new hard disk is the first one to have wireless connectivity to Microsoft Windows 7, Apple MacOS, the iOS, and Google Android operating systems.
The GoFlex Satellite, which currently comes with a 500 Gb capacity, can run on internal batteries for approximately 5 hours and connect up to three devices simultaneously.
And because it is the first wireless, battery-powered hard disk, the Seagate GoFlex Satellite comes at a premium price of P9,888.
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