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Samsung will showcase the “world’s first” 1.3-inch hard drive during the CES in Las Vegas in January 2008. The interesting thing about the news, is that this could lead into wider adoption of small hard drivers in portable devices. I doubt that we’ll see them used in mobile phones right from the start, but Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) like Nokia’s Internet Tablets seem like a viable platform for such technology. This is not to say that the Flash-based memory will/should be removed — it’s easy to imagine a device that boasts both Flash memory and a small hard drive, providing users with both performance and storage capacity at the lower price point. Nokia are you listening to this? Make the next Internet Tablet come with one of these and pre-load as much software and content as you can. We’ll love ya for that. 
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
