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Optical Disc Drive In Cell Phone

Feb 12, 08 07:44 PM PDT

Optical Disc Drive In Cell Phone

Will cell phones move away from flash-based memory cards in the future with the advent of an optical disc drive at MWC '08? I don't think so, as the latter can probably co-exist peacefully with the former. Spice from India has a handset that comes with an integrated optical disc drive, where each optical disc has enough space to store 2.5 hours of video (no idea on what format it is compressed in). To date, only 40 titles are available with the majority of them being Bollywood hits. Could this be the reincarnation of Sony's UMD?

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By DrBuzz0 , 12/02/08 8:44 PM (CommentID #482551)


I doubt it's UMD, but it would be nice if Sony had opened the format. When I first saw it I thought it would be a great optical medium for UMPC's and large PDA's. Flash is great but too expensive for distributing content or for write-once use. UMD would be a great CD/DVD alternative for low-profile devices.

But alas, Sony has refused to do so so it's a lost cause.

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