Friday, November 28th 2008
I-O DATA Out with HDPS-U Portable Hard-Drives
I-O Data released its newest lineup of portable hard-drives under the HDPS-U series. The drives come in capacities of 160 GB, 250 GB, 320 GB and 500 GB in black and white shells. Connectivity includes USB 2.0 for transfer speeds of 43 MB/s, 39 MB/s (read/write).
The shell encloses a 2.5 inch hard drive which is protected from mechanical damage by a reinforced frame with rubberised corner grips. The unit weighs around 170g. The company will be shipping these drives by mid-December in Japan, with price tags of roughly US $110, $121, $166 and $221 depending on the capacities in the above order.
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I-O DATA
The shell encloses a 2.5 inch hard drive which is protected from mechanical damage by a reinforced frame with rubberised corner grips. The unit weighs around 170g. The company will be shipping these drives by mid-December in Japan, with price tags of roughly US $110, $121, $166 and $221 depending on the capacities in the above order.
6 Comments on I-O DATA Out with HDPS-U Portable Hard-Drives
If a 1TB 3.5" drive can do 80MB/s on e-sata, yet over USB (with 4 cages i tested) it caps out at 2.9-30MB/s each time, i'd be inclined to think its USB holding it back and not the cages.
well, i'll wait til i see reviews before beleiving it.