March 06, 2004

Cannibals for 4Gig HDs

Digital camera owners are thrilled that they can do surgery on Creative's MuVo2 Mp3 player to get a 4 gigabyte hard-drive worth twice as much. Digital photographers have found a source of cheap microdrives for their cameras: Creative Technology's MuVo2 digital music player. Like Apple Computer's iPod mini, the MuVo2 is based on a 4-GB microdrive from Hitachi. But while the Hitachi microdrive retails for about $500 when sold as a storage device for digital cameras, the MuVo2 costs about $200.