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Western Digital has released a new series of portable hard drives for Mac computers, the My Passport SE. Available in both 750GB and 1TB sizes, these USB-powered hard drives feature 256-bit hardware encryption for an extra level of security and are compatible with the Apple Time Machine software. Measuring 110mm x 83mm x 18mm and weighing 190 grams, the 750GB and 1TB My Passport SE are priced at $179.99 and $199.99, respectively. [Press Release]
Western Digital has recently rolled out their latest portable media drive for the mass market called the My Passport AV. Designed specifically for video storage and playback, this plug-and-play media drive comes equipped with a 320GB of storage capacity, a USB 2.0 interface and works with any of your game consoles, Blu-ray Disc players, camcorders or media players, allowing you to play the multimedia content from the drive on an HD TV. No to mention, the drive also supports Sony’s Direct Copy feature which enables users to offload and archive HD video directly to a My Passport AV portable media drive without a computer. The 320GB My Passport AV Portable Media Drive is now available for purchase in the US for $109.99. [WD]
Western Digital has begun shipping its first consumer-oriented solid state drive series, the SiliconEdge Blue. Available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB sizes, these highly rugged, lightning-fast drives are equipped with MLC NAND flash memory chips, a SATA 3.0 Gbps interface, a MTBF of 1.4 million hours and support both Windows 7 TRIM and NCQ (Native Command Queuing) command features. In terms of performance, they provide read and write speeds of up to 250MB/s and 170MB/s, respectively. The 64GB, 128GB and 256GB are priced at $279, $529 and $999, respectively. [WD]
Western Digital’s latest My Passport Studio hard drives feature a customizable e-ink display. Inspired by the Amazon Kindle, the display screen keeps the data on display even when the power supply is cut off. FYI, each HDDs is pre-formatted for Macs only, but you can easily run them on a PC after a reformat. You will also need to re-install the WD e-ink software to customize the outside display. The 320GB model is priced at $150, while the 640GB model retails for $200. [Western Digital]
The Western Digital WD TV Live Media Player is now available for purchase via Best Buy. Priced at $119, the gadget supports most of famous multimedia file formats, and features Dolby Digital and DTS decoders, HDMI out, and an Ethernet jack for DLNA streaming. You can also connect this media player to your computer via the USB 2.0 port to view videos, photos or listen to music from popular Internet sites, such as YouTube, Flickr and Pandora on your HDTV. [Engadget]
Western Digital today introduced its smaller, smarter and more secure My Passport Essential and My Passport for Mac ultra-portable external hard drives featuring the company’s new WD SmartWare software and equipped with hardware-based encryption. These hard drives provides user-selected password protection combined with military-grade 256-bit hardware encryption, which scrambles files before they are stored. The WD My Passport Essential is available in 320GB, 500GB and 640GB, while the WD My Passport for Mac is offered in capacities of 320GB and 50GB. The price ranges from $109.99 to $249.99, depending on model. [Press Release]
Western Digital today introduced its new My Passport Essential SE portable USB drives that come in 750GB and 1TB capacities. These USB-powered drives are perfect for saving, storing and backing up all of the digital memories captured this summer. The inclusion of WD Sync software enables users to easily take their desktop content wherever their destination is, where the synchronization of essential personal files and Microsoft Outlook data on a PC is simplified. No worries should one misplace the drive since the data within will take some time to get broken into thanks to 128-bit encryption. Sadly, the software is only compatible with Microsoft Windows OS. Available now at WD’s online store, the 750GB and 1TB models are priced at $199.99 and $299.99, respectively. [Press Release]
Western Digital today announced two new mobile hard drives from its Scorpio Blue series. Available in 750GB and 1TB of storage spaces, these HDDs are actually the industry’s highest-capacity 2.5-inch drives available in the market so far. The WD Scorpio Blue delivers high-performance with a 3 gigabits per second (Gb/s) transfer rate and a 12.5-mm form factor that is perfect for use in portable storage solutions, such as netbooks and nettops. The 750GB and 1TB models are priced at $189.99 and $249.99, respectively. [Engadget]
If you need a new external HDD with a huge storage capacity, then you can now buy the Western Digital 4TB My Book Studio Edition II. The new WD My Book is compatible with both PC and Mac OS. It also boasts a variety of connectivity options including eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0. However, you should spend at least $649.99, in order to bring home this external hard drive. [Western Digital]
Western Digital comes back with an 8TB ShareSpace NAS that is priced at a hefty $1,700. This DLNA-certified NAS is perfect for media streaming purposes to devices including the Xbox 360 and PS3. ShareSpace owners are also able to download a firmware patch and experience these improvements for themselves. [Western Digital]
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