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Comments on: Samsung S1 Mini 1.8in external hard drive

120GB for £130! 

Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 10:40 GMT

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That's a bit pricey. For just 35% more (£175) a 120GB iPod's about the same size, but does a lot more....

Units. 

Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 10:49 GMT

Pirate

"Still, we think the S1 looks rather snazzy, but what really matters is the size: the S1's about the size of a packet of smokes - 87 x 62 x 15.5mm, according to Reg Hardware's handy ruler - making it eminently pocketable and portable."

About time the fag packet was added to the list of Reg standard units.

<--- because this unit should carry the statutory health warning

WTF? 

Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 13:14 GMT

That's crap value for money.

Maybe they should only offer it in pink and sell it to footballers' wives.

14 GB of music? 

Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 13:35 GMT

Pirate

I've just been reading the articles about the pirate bay, so the comment about the music files jumped out immediately. Surely this device is the perfect accessory for a music pirate, being easily pocketable and capable of holding gazillions of pounds worth of 'hot' music.

Best ban it.

4 cm.. 

Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 13:52 GMT

Boffin

I'll think you'll find the shorter cord is for power only and not data. It is for times when a single USB 2.0 won't supply enough current to operate this drive so use 2x USB sockets.

@AC 

Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 14:24 GMT

(Written by Reg staff.)

Nope, it's not a power cable. The S1 has only one USB port, there's nowhere to attach a second USB cable even if you wanted to. Neither cable supplied by Samsung is double-headed.

"not much larger than this picture" 

Posted Saturday 28th February 2009 16:31 GMT

Paris Hilton

That's a huge device! I measured it while projected on my wall!

hmm 

Posted Wednesday 4th March 2009 11:26 GMT

that does look very nice, although I'm less impressed with the capacity. Much less than 500gb has limited interest these days