Portable Storage

"Get Organized." How many times has that been on your to-do list? Verbatim makes it easy with a variety of data storage solutions – everything from a paperclip USB Drive to a portable hard drive encased in leather – all which give you ways to cut back on your hard copy clutter, save and transfer photos, videos, music, important documents and more. Don't put it off until the New Year, cross that task off your list once and for all!

Verbatim: Store 'n' Go Clip-It USB Drive
Award-winning multi-functional paperclip USB drive comes in 5 stylish colors

• Combines the speed and simplicity of flash storage with the usability of a paperclip
• SIP (System In Package) Technology packs more data in less space
• Resistant to dust, water, dirt and static discharges
• Red Dot Award Winner
• Available in 4GB storage capacity
• Available in Blue, Orange, Green, Pink and Black
• Limited lifetime warranty

Not everyone wants a silver, black or (insert any other boring color) portable hard drive! Show your personality and spunk with one of the two new color options of Verbatim's Store 'n' Go USB 3.0 portable hard drive. Now available in Caribbean Blue or Hot Pink, the compact 500 GB hard drive allows you to back-up and transfer files anytime, anywhere at super-fast transfer speeds – up to 10x faster than USB 2.0!

It comes with Nero BackItUp & Burn Essentials software which provides full system backup and restore functions, the ability to schedule automatic backup by date/time and an encrypted backup option with password control. Optional software choices include Green Button software with three sleep/suspend settings to save energy when the drive is not in use and Formatter Software which will easily change the format of the drive from FAT32 to NTFS or HFS+.

Verbatim's 500GB Store 'n' Go USB 3.0 portable hard drives are available at Verbatim.com for just $99.99.

What does summer mean to you? Whether you spend your time relaxing by the beach or hiking the Appalachian Trail…one thing is certain…more time is spent in the great outdoors. WD's My Passport drive has always been a staple in my summer packing list, allowing me to take my music and movies along for the ride. Now, thanks to the new WD Nomad Rugged case, I can include it without worrying about damaging the device or the digital content it holds!

The WD Nomad Rugged case protects My Passport portable hard drives from just about anything Mother Nature can throw at it including water, mud, and dust. It features a hard outer casing and inner cushion which also protects the drive against drops as high as seven feet and all the other mishaps that can occur while camping, hiking, fishing or any other outdoor activity. With convenience in mind, WD even designed the case so that the USB slot is always accessible, meaning once you put the My Passport drive in the protective case, it never has to leave! Read more

Seagate just announced GoFlex Satellite, the first battery-powered external hard drive to wirelessly extend the storage capacity of your iPad or other Wi-Fi enabled mobile device.

GoFlex Satellite offers Wi-Fi access over 802.11 b/g/n networks and features 500GB of storage – large enough to hold an entire library of video, music, pictures and documents. Up to three Wi-Fi devices can be wirelessly connected (at the same time) to the GoFlex Satellite drive using the free GoFlex Media app –available on iTunes and the Apple App Store–or a web browser. Its rechargeable battery offers up to 5 hours of use.

GoFlex Satellite is available for preorder now from Seagate.com, Amazon and BestBuy.com for $199.99, and is scheduled to arrive in Best Buy stores in July 2011.

Wow…talk about skinny! Seagate's new GoFlex Slim portable hard drive is about the width of a pencil, measuring in at a mere 9mm, 2.5–inches. Designed with ultra-thin laptops and netbooks in mind, the GoFlex Slim is 38 percent leaner than the current GoFlex ultra–portable drives and features a 7200RPM drive and USB3.0, offering transfer speeds up to 10x faster than USB2.0. Backup software is also included.

The new GoFlex Slim can be used with Windows and Mac computers interchangeably, with absolutely no performance loss. However, Seagate will also be offering a version specifically for Mac OS X computers. The GoFlex Slim for Mac portable drive will be HFS+ formatted out–of–the–box, making it compatible with Apple Time Machine backup software, while still being able to work across both Windows and Mac OS X computers.

The new GoFlex Slim portable hard drive is available now on www.seagate.com. A 320GB version GoFlex Slim sells for $99.99. The 320GB version of the GoFlex Slim for Mac drive will be available in May at Apple Stores for $99.

We live in a digital world. Digital music, photos, videos, work documents, they all need to be backed up and stored somewhere. You wouldn't want to lose all of those files, would you? Enter Seagate's FreeAgent Go, a slim, portable hard drive with tons of space to back up and store all your valuable multimedia files. With up to 1TB of available capacity, the FreeAgent Go portable hard drive has enough room to carry your entire library of movies, music and pictures.

Yes, I know…there are lots of portable storage drives out there, so what makes this one special? Thanks to a partnership with MusicSkins, you can now add your own personal style to your FreeAgent Go external hard drive. A wide range of skins are available with everything from Bob Marley to John Lennon, Madonna to Lil Wayne, EXPLODINGDOG to Adult Swim, you're sure to find something that fits your personality. You can even use your own photos to design the skin. Read more

Cameras, camcorders, MP3 players and other electronics will likely be on the wish list of many people this holiday season. But have you thought about how you're going to protect the digital assets created from these devices? Western Digital has a complete line of backup devices that protect all of your music and memories -- with many priced under $100.

For those on the go:

WD's My Passport line of portable drives are not much bigger than the size of a passport, and are available in a variety of colors and capacities ranging from 320 GB to 1 TB. The drives quickly connect to a laptop, desktop or any media player with a USB port for instant viewing of your favorite movies, photos, or playback of all your music. Read more

Verbatim today announced their new InSight Portable USB Hard Drives. The two drives, in 320GB and 500GB capacities, feature an Always On display that calculates and displays available free space – even when disconnected from the computer.

Verbatim's new InSight Portable Hard Drives weigh less than 6 ounces, and measure just 6 in. x 3.4 in. x 0.63 in. The 2.5" drives have a 5400rpm spindle speed and also feature 8MB of cache memory. Equipped with a USB 2.0 port, the bus-powered drives have high-speed transfer rates of up to 480MB/sec. Read more

The first portable HDD is the water-resistant and shock-proof SimpleTOUGH portable USB drive. It will be available in 250, 320, 500GB at $99.99, $119.99, $149.99 respectively. The SimpleTOUGH can survive a 3-meter fall and it features a twistable USB cable that's permanently affixed to the enclosure.

The other HDD is the stylish and colorful SimpleDRIVE Mini that is now shipping in red wine (250GB-$89.99), blue dusk (320GB-$109.99) and carbon fiber black (500GB-$139.99).

The USB/NAS adapter, SimpleNET, will allow up to two USB HDDs to be placed on a network. This is purely a convenience product, not a performance one, as it is only equipped with a 10/100 Ethernet jack. You can pick up the SimpleNET NAS adapter for a MSRP of $79.99.Read more