Kingston Wi-Drive Offers Wireless iPad Storage Expansion

Dozens of companies have built entire businesses supplying accessories to the iPod and iPhone. With the iPad, storage vendors are trying to get a piece of the pie by addressing the inherent storage limitations of the platform. Without an SD card slot, your iPad is stuck with however much storage you buy it with. Upgrading isn't possible and higher capacity models are sold at a pretty steep premium. Seagate and now Kingston are offering 802.11 enabled, battery powered external storage devices to use with the iPad or any device with a web browser (iOS or not).

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Transcend StoreJet 35T3 external hard drives , Specs, USB 3.0

Transcend has recently launched a external hard drive the next generation of carrier named StoreJet 35T3. StoreJet 35T3 rather large size with a weight of over 1kg. Besides being equipped with USB 3.0 connection (backward compatible with PCs using USB 2.0), its hard drive is also equipped with StoreJet Elite software to backup and protect data with just one click. Transcend StoreJet 35T3 will be warranted for 3 years, StoreJet 35T3 will appear as the capacities of 1TB price $ 100, 1.5TB price 120$ and 2TB price 164$.

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Western Digital unveils Scorpio Black HDD 2.5 inch, 750GB of high-performance storage

Western Digital (WD) today released the built-in hard drive for laptops and other portable storage device called Scorpio Black 750GB (product code is WD7500BPKT ). This is the hard drive size 2.5 ", SATA and use the highest capacity drive in the WD Scorpio Black hard line.
WD Scorpio Black 750GB said one of the most powerful built-in drive on the market, this is reflected in the rotation speed 7200rpm and 16MB cache. In addition, the WD hard drive technology equipped with Advanced Format (AF) to help protect users' data. Scorpio Black 750GB on sale in some stores and distributors. Hard drive and is priced $ 149 and 5 year warranty.

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Brando's USB 3.0 SATA HDD dock with 3-Port Hub

The USB 3.0 SATA HDD Dock allow users to plug any 2.5- or 3.5-inch SATA hard drive, and the driver plug to your computer via USB port. It's not only a powerful tool for data transfer, backup and cloning, but also a USB 3.0 3-Port Hub. With the Superspeed USB 3.0 mode, it offers a theoretical data transfer speed of 5.0GBit/s. That's ten times faster than the USB 2.0 speed of 480 MBit/s. You'll also find a trifecta of SuperSpeed USB ports on the rear, though this gem will set you back a full $140 if you buy in today.

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Top 10 External Hard Drives

1. Sony GIGAVAULT 40GB Port Hard Disk w/ USB2 Adapter (Sony-RHK40U2)

40GB, USB 2.0 interface, 5400 rpm, 2MB buffer, Price when ranked: $240 ($6.00 per GB) Bottom Line: Drive neatly balances performance, features, and support, and can run on battery power rather than on bus power. No backup software included. Retested this month.

2. Ximeta 40GB NetDisk-Mini Ethernet & USB 2.0 Portable Ultra-Sleek NDAS HDD

40GB, USB 2.0, ethernet interfaces, 5400 rpm, 2MB buffer, Price when ranked: $230 ($5.75 per GB) 

Bottom Line: Portable drive can connect to a network and comes with a limited version of Norton Internet Security 2003, as well as with rudimentary backup and syncing software.

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What 200MB looked like in 1970

What 200MB looked like in 1970 :| so big.

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Three New Desktop Hard Drives For 2010

One of the benefits of boosting areal density is that it allows hard drive manufacturers to pack more data onto fewer rotating platters. Not only are they able to achieve higher total capacities, but the most popular capacity points--500GB and 1TB, for example--can be achieved with simpler drives.
Thanks to higher per-platter capacities, the current barrier of 2TB per drive will fall in 2010. However, speed, cost, capacity, and power consumption have to be in mixed in a way that users will accept. We looked at three new premium desktop hard drives from Hitachi, Samsung, and Seagate to see if they strike the right balance.

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