What is this? A Samsung K9LCG08U1M 8GB NAND Flash chip?

Why, yes it is. It's the same part we found during the iPad teardown! This is a pretty remarkable amount of storage for a $99 device.

We are pretty sure the Sammy is used to cache your favorite shows while they're being streamed.

But we wonder, "What else you could do with 8 GB of exploitable storage?"