somewhat already posted
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here.
it's pretty neat.
the best application? music storage for audio playback devices. what are you going to use that for on a Cell Phone (besides a built in audio player)?
or for that matter, what about your pocket PC (besides Audio)?
later on, when these devices have much longer battery life spans, Video will become useful.
however, not being rewritable sucks the big one, I depend on the abilities of CDRW's alot more then CDRs.
also, if you are talking about mass media storage for between computers, the link above shows something pretty much wastes all available tech.
in other words, for computer - computer file transfer, Blue Laser CDs will be the best media.
and to go on, to something a bit off topic, I hate how everyone is depending on the internet to do file transfers. it's incredibly wastful of the internet.
I can understand some things like if you are working on a computer with no CD burner and need to send something to someone that will take more then a few floppy disks.
but when using the internet to access your music database to play on a handheld player, that's insane.
and things like that ARE COMING, it is up to the consumer to decide whether they want to trust everything to the internet. I find myself wondering about how we can keep from relying solely on one connection to the internet (a wire, or a transmitter) for everything.
currently we rely on multiple ways to get multiple media. a seperate phone line for calling people, a seperate cable for TV access (or an Antennae).
putting everything into one pipe will cause major problems, I do not think that the internet should be the backbone for Radio all over the world (perhaps is should be sent over the airwaves digitally using existing towers), nor do I think that it should carry all voice communication (again, you already have a seperate wire handling that).
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