Toshiba is at it again, this time with their 0.85-inch hard drive. Call it a random hunch here folks, but I am willing to bet that this is not the last we hear about this drive making headlines.

Toshiba is working towards doubling the storage capacity of its 0.85-inch hard drive, it said this week.

The drive is physically the smallest available from any disk drive maker. It went into mass production earlier this year and can store up to 2GB of data in its first-generation form. Toshiba is currently working on a new version that will include two disk platters, allowing it to store up to 4GB of data, says Midori Suzuki, a spokeswoman for Toshiba in Tokyo.

Mass production of the 4GB drive is planned for mid-2005.

The company says it has customers for the drive, which is currently in production, but wouldn’t disclose their identity or the products in which it is being used. [Read the rest]