Small but bigger: Toshiba announced the world's first 240GB internal hard drive in 1.8-inch format, the MK2431GAH. That's a quarter terabyte, in the ultra-compact size used by subnotebooks and audio players. Production begins from late September. Meanwhile, price watchers in Japan report that the regular retail price of a 3.5-inch (desktop) 1TB internal hard drive, such as the SAMSUNG HD103UI, is now dipping below the JPY10,000 mark.
1TB drive prices (Japanese):
http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba/hotline/20080913/etc_hdd.html