Verbatim® to Launch the World’s first 500GB 2.5″ USB Portable Hard Disk Drive (HDD) this Q2 2008

Looks like I am going to defer my plans for WD’s Velociraptor now that Verbatim®, a leading brand in digital storage solutions, announced that it will launch this Q2 2008 the world’s first half-Terabyte 2.5” Portable Hard Disk Drive (HDD) on a 9.5mm Z-height drive.

The demand for higher-capacity portable storage devices at both the consumer and corporate levels seems to be never ending. Thanks to internet where there is a growing number of users who are uploading and downloading huge volumes of digital content (porn or otherwise). (Ok don’t sulk. I have my share. I am sure you do as well.).

Going back to this baby disk with a smart attitude…

Close to the size of a normal PDA, this new drive joins Verbatim’s well-known SmartDisk line of portable HDDs and will add up to 500GB of removable capacity to your laptop or desktop. Weighing less than 6 ounces and measuring only 3.38 in. X 5.38 in. X 0.63 in, Verbatims newest portable drive will be available with a choice of a USB interface or a Combo FireWire®/USB interface.

This is also a perfect solution for business people who shares files with co-workers and to transfer files between office and home computers. Like other USB portable of its kind, the convenience and portability of this gadget provides simple and easy solution for storing and enjoying the files you want most whenever you want it. Now you will have more space for those digital photos and video (scandals?) that you are hiding somewhere in those discreet folders (ok don’t be guilty like me).

Best of all, when this baby is plugged in to the USB or FireWire port of a computer, the drive can be accessed and used like a normal computer hard drive. Users can drag files to the portable or navigate them with complete ease and control.

I suggest we save some money now for this biggest SmartDisk ever as the suggested retail pricing comes at less than US$300.00 for the USB version.

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