The new ST1.3 Series hard drive from Seagate delivers new features specifically targeted at mobile media consumers. The drive's measures - 40 x 30 x 5 mm, allows for more streamlined media players product designs and is built to fit into current clamshell and candy-bar style mobile handsets. As part of its G-Force Protection feature set enabling skip-free, reliable media storage and playback, Seagate also includes an optional drop sensor This will increase operational shock resistance 33 percent up to 2000Gs, enabling the drive to survive a 1.5-meter drop onto hard concrete or ceramic surfaces when properly mounted in a handheld device. The ST1.3 Series also offers a new optional drop The ST1.3 Series hard drive is the company's first drive utilizing perpendicular technology in the 1-inch category.

By offering 12 GB of storage in a smaller footprint, Seagate maintains that the ST1.3 Series hard drive is a powerful solution for increasingly sophisticated media devices such as digital audio players, portable media players, and mobile phones. The Seagate ST1.3 Series will begin shipping in the third quarter of 2006.