After previous release, Toshiba has now announced another five new small form 1.8-inch factor hard drives. All the new hard drive are targeted for notebooks, UMPCs, and portable handheld CE devices. The new 1.8-inch HDDs for PC applications include the 120GB MK1214GAH, the 60GB MK6028GAL and the lightweight 80GB MK8025GAL, weighing two grams less than traditional 5-millimeter-high 1.8-inch HDDs. All three models are equipped with a PATA interface, 2MB buffer and 512 byte-per-sector format.

For CE applications, Toshiba introduced two single-platter, 60GB 1.8-inch HDDs in the slim, 5-millimeter-high form factor with 4,200 RPM and 3,600 RPM spin speed. We could expect more handheld devices equipped with bigger built-in storage capacity.

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