[citation][nom]Sushi Warrior[/nom]Maybe first 512, but some company already launched a 832 gig 2.5 and a 1.6TB (yes! TERABYTE) 3.5 inch drive. Toshiba is hardly in the lead. The company is Bitmicro.[/citation]
According to BitMicro website, the maximum size of their 2.5" line is 416gb, not 832gb. "Armed with patented FlashBus™ technology, E-Disk® Altima™ SATA solid state drive offers random I/O rates of up to 20,000/sec, burst rates of up to 300 MB/sec, sustained rates of up to 100 MB/sec, and storage capacities of up to 416 GB."
It's true they do have 1.6tb but in a 3.5" form factor so it's not really relevant here. The truth is that Toshiba does have the lead in the 2.5" market, for now at least and if they do get it on the shelves before someone else (like tipoo) does.