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WD's My Passport Elite Portable USB drives are available now, with the 320GB version retailing for about $199.99. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
Expanding on its popular portable storage offerings, WD (NYSE: WDC) today introduced its new My Passport Elite Portable USB Drives which are designed to make it easy to securely carry thousands of songs, videos or photos in style. Available now at select retailers and at WD's online store (www.shopwd.com), the new fully-featured My Passport Elite Portable USB Drives include a luxurious, soft-touch finish that makes these drives easy to grip, comfortable to hold, and fashionable to carry.
Weighing in at less than 5 ounces and available in capacities of 320 and 250 GB, the new My Passport Elite drives are small enough to fit in a pocket for consumers on-the-go. Adding to the small footprint, these drives are USB-bus powered, which eliminates the need for an external power adapter.
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While Fujitsu has not announced a price, the company plans to begin shipments in June. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
Fujitsu Limited today announced its new MHZ2 BJ series of 2.5" hard disk drives that feature a rotational speed of 7200 RPM and capacities up to 320 GB(1)Sales of the new series will begin at the end of June 2008. The new series is designed for use in high-performance PCs, such as high-end notebook computers and compact desktops.
The MHZ2 BJ series requires only 2.3 W of power for read and write operations, ranking it among the most power-efficient drives in its class. The series is one of many new products announced as part of Fujitsu's Green Policy Innovation initiative, unveiled in December 2007 to promote energy-efficient products and services as a way to help customers lower their ecological footprint.
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a worldwide leader in digital consumer electronics and information technology, announced today that it is shipping the world's first half-terabyte (500GB) 2.5" mobile hard drive - the new Spinpoint M6. The Spinpoint M6 is designed to fit the industry's standard 9.5mm height dimension and armed with a massive 500GB capacity, the drive is targeted to meet the growing storage needs of today's notebook computers as well as slim form factor PCs and high density mobile applications.The Spinpoint M6 is available now for a suggested retail price of $299. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
"Our customers require more and more notebook storage for their data, video and music files", said Andy Higginbotham, director of hard drive sales and marketing, Samsung Semiconductor. "Our Spinpoint M6 easily fits within notebook PCs with no modification to the notebook PC chassis, giving users more storage power than ever before."
Samsung's new Spinpoint M6 consists of three 167GB platters in a 2.5" hard drive frame measuring just 9.5mm in height. This critical feature gives notebook PC manufacturers the option of easily integrating the Spinpoint M6 into the tens of millions of notebook PCs that ship every quarter.
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No word on price yet. However, the PX-PH320US will be available in Europe beginning in March 2008. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
Plextor is extending its range of personal storage products with the new 320GB pocket hard disk - Plextor PX-PH320US. Small enough to fit in your pocket, it not only looks stylish in a brushed aluminium case, but using the eSATA interface offers blistering transfer rates of up to 3Gbps.
Ideal for enthusiast users using modern cases and motherboards,the ultra-fast eSATA interface offers speed comparable to a state-of-the-art internal hard drive - yet in a highly compact and portable design.
Plextor high reliability, premium quality HDDs offer excellent value for money. Building on the existing drives with 120, 160 & 250GB capacities, the Plextor PX-PH320US comes with a huge 320GB capacity. It has dual USB2.0/eSATA interfaces (including eSATA cable) and is also Mac and PC compatible.
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The Iomega REV 120GB Backup Drive is expected to be available in April as external USB 2.0 and internal SATA models. An ATAPI model is also planned for mid-year. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
Iomega Corporation (NYSE: IOM), a global leader in data storage and protection, today announced the new Iomega REV 120GB Backup Drive, the third generation of its award-winning REV technology and a benchmark in smart, sensible backup for small and medium-sized businesses, remote work groups and others.
Iomega will unveil the new Iomega REV 120GB Backup Drive and REV 120GB disks at CeBIT 2008, the international technology tradeshow beginning today in Hanover, Germany, and running through March 9. Iomega is located at CeBIT in Hall 2, booth D56.
