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Samsung touts 2TB eco-friendly HDD for desktops

Samsung touts 2TB eco-friendly HDD for desktops

 
Samsung has announced a new 2TB HDD targeted at high performance desktop users. The EcoGreen F3EG takes the helm from its predecessor F2EG and integrates 500GB per platter, which is capable of storing up to 880 hours of DVD videos or 500,000 MP3 songs in a power efficient manner.
Since its eco-friendly, the drive does [...]

Samsung’s 3.5-inch STORY Station Plus HDD now features eSATA

 
UPDATE: The drives will be released by the end of this month for $299 (2TB).
Current Samsung STORY Station HDDs support only USB 2.0 interface but now with the arrival of STORY Station Plus, the new external HDDs also support eSATA. Winner of Good Design Award, the STORY Station Plus will give users the freedom to [...]

Samsung adds new capacities to its S Series external HDD line

 
Samsung added two storage capacities to its S Series external HDD lineup – the 3.5-inch S3 Station and 2.5-inch S2 portable has now got a capacious 2TB and 640GB options respectively. Apart from the larger storage, these S Series drives come with the same features like Auto Backup, SecretZone and SafetyKey.
The 640GB S2 [...]

Samsung unveils largest capacity 1.8-inch external HDD

 
Looks like Samsung has used its Spinpoint N3U to bring the first 250GB capacity 1.8-inch external USB HDD to the world. They have added 250 and 200GB variants to its 1.8-inch S1 Mini line and if you were to consume all the 250GB space, it would take around 80,000 photos or 60,000 MP3s or 96 [...]

Samsung announces dual-platter 1TB HDD

Samsung announces dual-platter 1TB HDD

 
Samsung has announced a 3.5-inch 1TB Spinpoint F3 HDD that uses two platters instead of the usual three. 500GB on each platter means increase in areal density, faster data access and enhances performance by up to 30 percent. In addition to this, less number of mechanical parts also increases its reliability towards data failure.
The [...]

Samsung intros 1.8-inch 250GB HDD with native USB controller

Samsung intros 1.8-inch 250GB HDD with native USB controller

 
Samsung has announced a new hard drive to cater to the 1.8-inch external HDD market. The Spinpoint N3U comes in capacities of up to 250GB and instead of adding a bridge circuit board to convert the PATA interface to USB, the new drives integrate the USB controller right on its printed circuit board.
With no [...]

Samsung S Series HDDs get ‘Pop’ colors

Samsung S Series HDDs get ‘Pop’ colors

 
Samsung is upbeat about its external HDD sales, thanks to the rise of netbooks and notebooks. Now, to cash in the opportunity, they have announced two ‘Pop’ colors (Sweet Pink and Ocean Blue) for its S Series hard drives and storage bumps for 1.8-inch S1 Mini and 2.5-inch S2 Portable. 160GB and 500GB variant are [...]

Samsung 1.5TB STORY Station features auto backup

Samsung 1.5TB STORY Station features auto backup

 
Samsung has released a 3.5-inch STORY Station external HDD that aims to handle user’s data needs in a secure and eco-friendly way. The drive which comes in a brushed aluminum casing integrates three key features – Auto Backup, Secret Zone and SafetyKey.
The Auto Backup backs up data at prescheduled intervals while [...]

Samsung announces rugged 2.5-inch Spinpoint M7 HDDs

Samsung announces rugged 2.5-inch Spinpoint M7 HDDs

 
Samsung has unveiled Spinpoint M7 hard drives that come with a shock operation tolerance of 400G/2ms. Apart from withstanding shocks of greater magnitude, the drives are 18 percent faster than conventional 2.5-inch HDDs.
It runs at 5400RPM and features 3.0Gbps SATA interface, 8MB cache, SilentSeek and NoiseGuard technologies and comes in capacities ranging from 250GB [...]

YouTube Symphony Orchestra S1 Mini HDD

YouTube Symphony Orchestra S1 Mini HDD

 
Samsung’s HDD business is one of the partners of YouTube Symphony Orchestra and to celebrate its association, they have unveiled a special edition of S1 Mini HDD along with the YouTube logo. Apart from this, we have no info regarding its price or availability.
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