Digital device configuration and method

A device comprising:

• a housing configured to be hand held;
• an electronic memory having a capacity;
• an electromechanical data storage element;
• a user interface configured to receive an initial user interaction and a subsequent user interaction, the initial user interaction defining a command requiring a set of data that is larger than the capacity of the electronic memory;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• during the initial user interaction, begin to transfer an initial portion of the set of data from the electromechanical data storage element to the electronic memory so that the initial portion is available for use;
• monitor the use of any data stored in the electronic memory;
• during the subsequent user interaction, begin to transfer an additional portion of the set of data from the electromechanical data storage element to the electronic memory to replace a part of the initial portion which has been used such that an unused part of the initial portion and the additional portion are concurrently stored in the electronic memory;
• and
• immediately cancel pending data transfers if the initial user interaction is terminated before the complete transfer of the initial portion.

A method comprising:

• accepting an initial user contact at a user interface of a handheld device;
• transferring an initial portion of a set of data from an electromechanical data storage element to an electronic memory, the transfer beginning prior to the end of the initial user contact;
• canceling pending transfers from the electromechanical data storage element immediately if the initial user contact ends before the loading of the electronic memory is complete;
• monitoring the use of any data stored in the electronic memory;
• and
• transferring an additional portion of the set of data from the electromechanical data storage element to the electronic memory to replace the part of the initial portion of the data which has been used such that an unused part of the initial portion and the additional portion are concurrently held in the electronic memory.

A device comprising:

• a housing configured to be handheld;
• headphone receiver;
• a hard drive comprising a disk and an actuator arm bearing a sensor head, the actuator arm being selectively positionable having the sensor head over the disk and in a parked position, the sensor head engaging a ramp adjacent the disk in the parked position;
• and
• a processor configured to unload the sensor head by moving the sensor head to the parked position in engagement with the ramp in response to detecting a disconnect of a headphone plug from the headphone receiver.

A device comprising:

• a housing configured to be handheld;
• a headphone receiver;
• a hard drive mounted within the housing and comprising a disk and an actuator arm bearing a sensor head, the actuator arm being selectively positionable having the sensor head over the disk and in a parked position, the sensor head engaging a ramp adjacent the disk in the parked position;
• and
• a processor coupled to the actuator arm and headphone receiver and configured to cause the actuator arm to unload the sensor head by moving the sensor head to the parked position in engagement with the ramp in response to detecting a disconnect of a headphone plug from the headphone receiver.