Apple Computer Inc. plans to buy as much as 40 percent of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s flash memory output in the second half for its new flash-based iPod Mini MP3 player, research firm iSuppli Corp. said on Wednesday, quoting unidentified industry sources.
Apple, known for its popular iPod digital music player, is expected to introduce a version of the iPod Mini that uses NAND flash memory instead of a hard disk drive for the Christmas season, Nam Hyung Kim, an analyst at iSuppli Corp. said.
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