Samsung has announced a new 160GB drive in a 1.8-inch form factor which is often used in compact notebooks and some portable audio and video players such as the video iPod. This 4200rpm Spinpoint N2 drive is targeting mainly consumer applications such as portable media players and hard drive-based camcorders (which typically top out at 60 GB today). The 2-disk, 160 GB drive has enough room to carry about 40,000 MP3 files or about 100 HD movies. Other features are 15ms seek time, sub-1W power consumption.

No word on availability and pricing.

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