“but a portable MP3 player or digital camera would never have been possible without solid state memory.”
Uh, I still have my 1” Microdrive hard drive that I used in a camera ....
Still works great after 10 years but is a little slow.
Uh, I still have my 1” Microdrive hard drive that I used in a camera ....
Same here. Apple iPods until recently came with 1 inch microdrive hard drives. My 30GB iPod has one (still use it), as well as another MP3 player I own. I also used a microdrive hard drive in my digital cameras until recently. Hard drives were commonly used in MP3 players and digital cameras until the cost of solid state came down. On the other hand, I've upgraded my daily use computers to solid state drives a couple years ago. Solid state is now commonly used in computers now that they're getting cheaper.