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  WD has brought its updated external HDD line to the Indian market. They’ve introduced the My Passport Essential, My Passport Essential SE portable hard drive and My Book Essential HDD, all equipped with the latest SuperSpeed USB 3.0. Users will be able to transfer data to USB 3.0-compatible PCs at speeds to up to [...]

  LG Electronics has announced a new range of external USB hard drives for the South Korean market. The 2.5-inch drive is known as XD8 Waffle due to its waffle-like pattern on the sides with high gloss colors on the front and back. Additionally, the drive boasts low power consumption, low noise design and comes [...]

  Seagate has finally announced its rumored 3TB hard drive. The world’s first 3TB drive has been added to its FreeAgent GoFlex Desk range that allow users to store up to 120 HD movies, 1,500 games or thousands of images and music. Although the drive supports USB 2.0, with the help of an additional adapter [...]

  Western Digital has launched a new external hard drive for Mac users that not only performs but also looks good. The My Book Studio LX HDDs come in an aluminum enclosure and integrate a FireWire 800 port for faster data transfer in addition to a USB 2.0 port. The pre-formatted HFS+ drives also boasts [...]

  UPDATE: Amazon UK has started taking pre-orders. It will be shipped in UK from March 1 at a price of GBP 69.99. Product Page Samsung will be wooing all Michael Jackson fans by selling a special edition of its portable S2 external hard drive. The special edition drive will come in a golden hue [...]

  Taiwanese storage and memory maker A-DATA has unveiled its latest external USB HDD. The pocketable CH94 does its work like just another USB 2.0 HDD but its uniqueness comes from the design, which is created to resemble like that of a diary and comes with self-adhesive letter stickers to customize the ergonomically designed enclosure. [...]

  Flurry of USB 3.0 products are expected in 2010 and joining the expanding list of the new speedy USB interface is A-DATA’s N002 Combo Flash Drive. Scheduled to hit the market in January, N002 supports USB 3.0 and SATA II for non-USB 3.0 supported PCs. A-DATA claims the N002 can deliver sequential read/write speeds [...]

  Joining in the big list of external hard drives is the latest offering from LG labeled as XG1 Chic. The 3.5-inch HDD boasts a glossy exterior, which LG feels will appeal to many buyers. Additionally, the drive bundles backup and restore apps and features Air Holes and Fan to dissipate heat. It will be [...]

  If you’re looking for an external storage solution in a pocket-sized form factor, look no further than this offering from LaCie. Dubbed as Rikiki or “tiny” in French supports USB 2.0 interface and holds up to 640GB of data in a small 109.7x75x13.4mm footprint. The Rikiki also comes pre-loaded with a USB boost and [...]

  LG has introduced XD3 Slim external USB drives in South Korea. The 13mm 2.5-inch drives support SATA II interface and comes in brushed aluminum casing for better heat dissipation and sides with rubber to give the drives some protection from external shocks. 320GB and 500GB XD3 Slim drives are selling right now for 110,000 [...]

  Looks like Samsung has used its Spinpoint N3U to bring the first 250GB capacity 1.8-inch external USB HDD to the world. They have added 250 and 200GB variants to its 1.8-inch S1 Mini line and if you were to consume all the 250GB space, it would take around 80,000 photos or 60,000 MP3s or [...]

  Western Digital has expanded its My Book line of external HDDs and is now available up to capacities of 2TB. 2TB is heaps of data equivalent to 241 hours of full HD videos or around 500,000 songs. The My Book line comes with support of both Mac and PC and is priced from $330 [...]