Verbatim giving its external drives the USB 3.0 treatment as well
By Wilson • Oct 13th, 2010 • Category: Mobile Computing Accessory News
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Following in the trails of iOmega, Western Digital and other portable hard drive vendors, Verbatim has unveiled its own USB 3.0 external drive. It’s called the Verbatim Store ‘n Go and will begin shipping soon.
Capacity and specs
The super slick, thin piano-black Verbatim USB 3.0 Store ‘n Go drives will be available in 500GB, 750GB and 1TB (1,000 GB) when they begin shipping next month, November 2010. They’re backwards compatible with USB 2.0 buses, too, so you needn’t fear about not being able to plug it into your older computers.
Other bells and whistles
Vebatim Store ‘n Go will ship with ‘Nero BackItUp and Burn software for Windows’, as well as a 5GB trial of Norton Online Backup. More over, for those who want to be sure their hardware won’t be packing up on them shortly, Verbatim’s 7-year limited warranty applies to this drive, too – but to be fair, do you think 1TB will even be a great deal of space 7 years from now? I don’t. So while you may never use that warranty, it’s certainly nice to have.
The slow charge
As we’ve mentioned previously, every new piece of hardware, whether it is a USB 3.0 laptop, or a USB 3.0 external drive, pushes the updated USB platform forward, and improves its ubiquity. For platform historians, the reality is the universal serial bus platform was not that widespread when the transition was made from 1.0 to 2.0, but with the transition from USB 2.0 to 3.0, the custodians of the platform are finding themselves trying to replace a platform with billions of devices built around it.
Pricing
No simple task, no doubt, but the Verbatim Store ‘n Go USB 3.0 external drive is doing its part. Verbatim has yet to announce the pricing for their new drives, but as soon as we know anything, we’ll let you know.
Our previous experience with Verbatim Store ‘n Go USB 2.0 drives has been good, so we’re looking forward to giving these a whirl when they arrive next month.
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