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Looks like the big dogs, namely LaCie, Seagate and Western Digital, have some extra competition. The HDD space has always been crowded, and it seems to be a market with ultra-thin margins. But the good ones are staying in it, and hanging in there. Freecom has been dishing out storage options for quite some time, but rarely gets the kind of recognition enjoyed by those other guys. This new drive, however, might just be stylish enough to grab the mainstream attention we believe that it deserves. The new Mobile Drive Mg is described as an "elegant mobile hard drive designed specifically for the Mac market." We're guessing it's aimed at the Mac market due to the all-magnesium enclosure, but there's...
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USB 3.0 splashed down in earnest this past week at IDF in San Francisco, but aside from a webcam and a few prototype devices on the show floor, we've yet to hear of any real groundbreaking USB 3.0 products. Until now. Freecom, a lesser known maker of external hard drives and the like, has today confessed that it has a USB 3.0 external HDD in the pipeline, and unless we're missing something, that makes it the first to do so. The Hard Drive XS 3.0 doesn't look all that special on the outside. It's just a plain portable HDD, with a regular exterior and no real flash to speak of. But as with beauty, it's the inside that counts. As the planet's first HDD to utilize SuperSpeed USB technology, this...
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It seems as if you have to come up with a new password with upper and lower case, symbols and numbers every five seconds. So the idea of having a secure external hard drive that needs no password seems rather intriguing.Freecom came out with a relatively small external drive that uses a keycard instead of a password to keep your data secure. Sure, you have to make sure you don't lose the card, but at least you can't get locked out if you keep typing in your Gmail password by accident.Said Axel Lucassen, Freecom's co-founder and executive senior VP of product line management and marketing: You hear about it almost every day – somebody somewhere loses their hard drive and all kinds of confidential...
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Freecom's ToughDrive Sport External HDD, which was unveiled just a few months back, already had our attention, but now the company's aiming even higher by introducing a new product with a "world's first" label attached. The all new Mobile Drive XS is the world's smallest 3.5" external hard drive, and it sits well beside the Mobile Drive XXS, which is the world's smallest 2.5" external hard drive. The fanless device weighs just 860g (1.89 pounds) and has been created in collaboration with Belgian designer Sylvain Willenz. We're told that it uses a a form-fitting rubber enclosure to help reduce vibration and improve grip on surfaces, and of course, it gets all the power it needs from a powered...
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Need a portable hard drive that can withstand the elements? Look no further than Freecom's latest, the appropriately named ToughDrive Sport. The drive is a durable, shock-resistant 2.5" device that has been engineered to "endure even the toughest conditions." We won't judge whether your needs are tough enough to warrant a purchase here, but suffice it to say, the company makes clear that it's perfect for "heavy duty users that want to carry their data on the move, from backpacking around the world to cycling up mountains."Unlike traditional external HDDs, this one includes a handy loop in one corner for easy linkage with a nearby carrabeaner, and considering that it can withstand drops from up...
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