Seagate is about to add some new colorful flavors to its FreeAgent Go portable drives lineup. This move should attract those who look for a chic storage box to seat next to their laptop and shed some vivid look on their working vicinity. The new series includes light blue, pink, gold, orange, light green and dark green hues (in addition to the regular blue, black, red and silver colors) with the same 250GB ($120), 320GB ($150), and 500GB ($200) capacities. Also, there’s a nice freebie inside – if you register your new purchase between November 28th and New Year’s day, you will fix yourself a nice multimedia pack, granting 50 free songs to download from eMusic.
[via slashgear]
LaCie has announced the release of a new multimedia drive lineup, also known as LaCinema Rugged. Designed by Neil Poulton, the new media drive, houses capacities, ranged from 250GB up to 500GB, so you can store all your movies, videos, or photos in one small place and play them on any TV, thanks to the composite / 1080i HDMI outputs inside. Once connected, you get a friendly onscreen interface to handle the content that may include varies codecs support, such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (AVI, VOB, IFO, ISO), MPEG-4 (AVI, XviD) video files, or MP3, WMA, AC3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC audio files or JPEG (up to 8 megapixels), GIF, PNG, BMP image files and even subtitle files like SRT, SSA, SUB, SMI. The LaCinema Rugged is compatible with both PAL /NTSC systems and to make things more comfortable, there’s a nice remote control, to let you command the box from your sofa. Regretfully, no word when this thing is going to hit Stateside, but if you’re heading to Europe, you can get the 500GB version for £219 ($357).
[Lacie via engadget]
It’s been 6 months since Western Digital first introduced the My Passport Elite portable drives lineup in 250GB or 320 GB storage capacities. Today we hear the company has just added a 500GB to its My Passport Essential or My Passport Elite collections, for $199.99 / $219.99 respectively. Mind you, both drives will keep their previous measures and weight.
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If you purchased a Creative Labs MP3 player between May 5th 2001 and April 30th 2008 you might be privileged to a class-action settlement, concerning false quoted hard-drive capacity, allegedly made by Creative during this period of time. According to sources, the company has apparently deceived the customers by adding 7% more storage capacity to its media players, as real data proved different. Although Creative has never submitted an admission, it seems the company is urging for an agreement that will grant anyone who apply for the payout, to get either a 50% discount on a 1GB player or 20% off on any Creative product from their online store. Mind you, claim forms need to be submitted by August 7th, at the latest, so if you bought a player between those dates, it’s your chance to get a fair discount.
Update: Creative has lost. The company will be forced to offer the plaintiff 50% discount on a 1GB ZEN Stone mp3 player or 20% off on any Creative product from their online store.
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Mvix announces the release of the MV-2500U, a new 2.5-inc HDD multimedia player, coming with out LCD display but with other strong capabilities, including big drive capacity, ranged from 80GB up to 250GB, 480p/720p/1080i compatibility, numerous video formats support like MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AVI, DivX® 3.11, 4x, 5x, XVID, DVD(IFO,VOB), VCD, audio files as AC3, MP2, MP3, DTS pass through, WMA, or OGG and JPEG image files. The MV-2500U houses video outputs such as Component (Y-Pb-Pr), RCA L/R, Coaxial, Optical(5.1ch), S-Video, to access the player interface on your TV and watch your favorite movies on the big screen. It has sleek and stylish black aluminum design that can easily slip into your pockets with a small size, standing at 7.5 x 6 x 2.5 inches. The player is available for $149, so if you prefer having HDD-based multimedia player, minus screen display, it might be your next choice.
[via Mvix]
Western Digital has officially released the new My Passport Elite portable drive series, coming with stunning glossy colors and a Capacity Gauge to tell you how much space is available on your drive, whenever you want. The new Elite lineup features a luxurious soft-touch finish and shiny vivid colors, including bronze, titanium, westminster blue and cherry red. Likewise, you can find the good old automatic backup software and a secured 128-bit encryption, to protect all your data. Sized at 15 x 126.15 x 79.5mm, the new My Passport Elite drives are available in 250GB ($170) or 320GB ($200) storage capacity, so you can pickup your favorite color immediately, mine is the blue.
[via engadget]
Transcend released the StoreJet 25, a small portable drive with a powered USB 2.0 bus connection (No separate power needed), easy one-touch sync and a silicone case, complying with US military standards. The external drive is equipped with an anti-shock functionality, so you can be sure your data will be kept safely in the 160Gb or the 250GB models. It is compatible with Windows vista or Mac OS 0.9 and you can get yours for $135 / $196, respectively.
[via slashgear]
With the growth of information movability, we all need a portable hard drive to carry with us on the go. The new Seagate D.A.V.E portable hard drives are distinguished from other similar products, by enabling wireless connection from any laptop or cell phone, through WiFi or Blootooth technologies. Despite the limited 60GB storage capacity, this is definitely a cables saver. Price and availability are unknown for the moment.
[via slashgear]
