History 2002: First Wireless Drive from Toshiba

Toshiba recently demonstrated to an audience in Japan its Bluetooth Pocket Server.

The device is a small battery-powered unit that contains a 5GB 1.8-inch HDD capable of wireless transfer of data to PDAs and PCs.

Among potential applications, the Japanese company highlights the possibility that stored presentation data can be transmitted to a Bluetooth-enabled printer or projector without the need for an intermediary PC.

When large volumes of data do have to be transferred to a PC, an integrated USB port can be used to optimize the speed of the operation .

The product will be launched this fall for around ¥50,000 ($394)

Note: There was finally no market for wireless HDDs.

This article is an abstract of news published on issue 172 on May 2002 from the former paper version of Computer Data Storage Newsletter.