Comments on: Doctors prescribe iPods for storage

UCLA radiologists didn't have enough space on hard discs to store high-res images. So they turned to Apple music players.
Photos: From X ray to iPod

You guys are about a month late on this one

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050105-4503.html

I'd take a PDA any time over a dumb HDD

I'd take a PDA any time over a dumb HDD:
- touch screen
- bigger screen
- color
- much higher rez, up to VGA
- Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth
etc.
with currently memory cards with currently up to 12 GB (CompactFlash) or 2 to 3 GB (Secure Digital) that's more than enough for hi-rez digital images that can easily be zoomed in/out.

Even much better would be a real PC like the OQO Model 01 (www.oqo.com) that features desktop PC capabilities in a device the size of a PDA: 1 GHz x86 CPU, Windows XP (can run Linux), 256 MB RAM, a Wide-VGA touch screen, 20GB HDD, BT, Wi-Fi, USB, Firewire, a case made of LiquidMetal an alloy 2.5 times harder than Titanium!! freefall detection mechanism, an integrated Qwerty keyboard with trackstick and mouse buttons.

$1899.00??

Yes, and the OQO is almost 6 times as expensive as the 20G iPod. Of course there is more functionality.