Verbatim Americas Tuesday unveiled its InSight Portable USB hard drive that automatically displays a personalized drive name and available free space even when the drive is disconnected from the computer.
The data storage company designed the device for Windows Vista, XP or 2000 and Mac OS 9.x or higher systems. The suggested retail price is $119.99 for the 320-GB drive and $149.99 for the 500-GB drive, and it will be sold through retail partners such as Best Buy.
The portable hard drive is compatible with all USB connections, and includes a USB 2.0 cable, a Quick Start guide and Nero BackItUp software that provides full-system backup and restore functions and optional password security.
The palm-size device weighs in at less than 6 ounces and measure 6 x x 3.4 x 0.63 inches. The 2.5-inch drives have a 5,400-rpm spindle speed and 8 MB of cache memory and can achieve high-speed transfer rates of up to 480 MBps.
"Users have the option to personalize their drive's name, e.g., TUNES&PICS, which, along with the free space, shows on the 32 x 128-pixel display even when the drive is unplugged from the user's computer," said Charles Klinker, Verbatim's director of marketing, HDD Products, in a statement. "The ability to quickly glance at several drives and identify the one that has pictures of the kids, your music collection or video library, for example, adds a level of convenience not previously available in portable hard drives."
Verbatim Americas is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. and is based in Charlotte, N.C.
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