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Boring waste time to copy huge movies over USB 2.0 (480Mbps) cable? USB 3.0 is finally arrives with capability to handle up to 5Gbps speed over the cable.

Seagate introduced the latest BlackArmor PS110 USB3.0 external hard drive at recent CES. How fast can it transfer files? You could transfer a 25GB HD movie in just 4 minutes! Fast huh?

The new USB 3.0 connector compatible with Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. It will be the next standard connector after 6-12 months.

Price at ~ $180 USD.

Another wallet style storage device – Western Digital My Passport Studio. This latest model come with Firewire 800, transfer rate maximum up to 800Mbits/s (100MB/s). Can imagine copy a full DVD size (4.2GB) within 42 seconds?

My Passport Studio Features

• Firewire 800 as mentioned above
• Turbo Speed drive – Includes high-speed turbo drivers for maximum performance with MAC
• FireWire or USB powered – No separate power supply is needed

Other than backup multimedia (photos, music, video) files, it is suitable for store important files. Make sure your computer support “Firewire 800″ or it doesn’t make any different on speed.

Price at 400GB – $230, 500GB – $250 USD.

Storage product is demanding in this Internet and Multimedia world. Especially movie lover that like to download from Internet. There are hundreds or thousands of new movie keep coming out which eat up lots of disk space.

For multiple user or more than one computer devices, it is wise to store multimedia files (movies, songs, backup data) in NAS (Network Attached Storage). NAS refer to a storage space device that hook up directly on network without a computer. It is really convenient when come to sharing.

D-Link DNS-323 Features

D-link, a network devices manufacturer has release its NAS DNS-323 few months ago. DNS-323 has a simple, compact design with all the ports on the back.

• Support 2 SATA Hard Drive (3.5-inch) with RAID
• Gigabit Ethernet
• Act as Print server
• Support RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD
• Extra: iTunes, FTP, DHCP Server

The extra features really add bonus to its price. How good it will be to hook it up on a wireless router and enjoy music streaming on iPod touch or print documents wirelessly.

On the front is the hard-drive bay cover that has the power button. Gigabit Ethernet, USB, and power supply on the back.

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USB stick is so common nowaday. A 4GB USB strick might just cost $13 USD. Anyway, its small size still can’t compete with portable harddisk.

I’ve bought a portable harddisk (laptop harddisk 40GB) with casing years ago. It always give problem when copy huge file. I believe this latest huge portable hard drive – Seagate FreeAgent Go up to 500GB should fit my need.

Seagate Portable Hard drive Specifications

There are 4 colors (silver, black, blue, red) to choose with 3 different capacities. This latest portable hard drive model FreeAgent Go by Seagate is so far the thinnest with fast transfer rate.

Connector: USB 2.0

Capacities: 250GB, 320GB, 500GB

Drive Speed: 5400rpm

Cache: 8MB

OS Supported: Windows XP/Vista and Mac OS X

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