Mar 19
Realizing the growing need to have wireless access to data anywhere and everywhere, Toshiba has unveiled its Canvio Wireless Adapter. This small, pocket-sized device transforms any external hard drive that … Continue reading
Oct 14
Following the look we got at the device back at the Mobile World Congress, Samsung made it known that its Samsung HomeSync would arriving this month, something that has now taken place alongside a video giving a run down of the Android TV box. With the device comes 1TB of integrated storage, as well as […]
May 31
Buffalo has revealed its latest external drive, the DriveStation DDR HD-GDU3, slotting more RAM into the USB 3.0-connected enclosure so as to rival SSD speeds, allegedly, with HDD pricing. The new drive, available in 2TB and 3TB capacities, uses traditional spinning-platter disks to keep prices down, but Buffalo claims that thanks to a combination of caching and other tweaking it’ll reach write speeds of up to 400 MB/s.
That’s a pretty impressive number for an HDD-based external drive, if Buffalo can sustain it, while the quoted read rate of 330 MB/s is also ample. In fact, Buffalo claims, it’ll take around 3.5s to shuttle 800MB of photos from a PC to the DriveStation DDR.
So far, high-speed has generally been synonymous with SSD, with solid-state drives cropping up in models like LaCie’s Little Big Disk. That uses not only solid-state storage for performance, but hooks up via Thunderbolt.
Buffalo has stuck with USB 3.0, which is theoretically a “narrower pipe” than Thunderbolt, but arguably makes up for it by being more commonly available (plus backward-compatible with USB 2.0, albeit with a speed hit). It’ll work with both PCs and Macs.
The DDR’s trick is more cache than you’d usually find in an external drive: in this case, 1GB of DDR3 memory. Buffalo is being coy with the details, but says that by buffering files during larger jobs, it can bypass the bandwidth limits of traditional HDDs and push content through the USB 3.0 connection more readily.
We’ll have to wait until we can test the DriveStation DDR out ourselves before we know how accurate that all is – in our experience with drives that use caching systems, we’ve generally found that the performance isn’t necessarily consistent across all content stored. The drive is shipping now, priced at $159.99/£129 for the 2TB model and $209.99/£169 for the 3TB model.
Buffalo DriveStation DDR claims SSD speeds with HDD hardware is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Oct 24
Well guess what? There is still a market for external ODDs! And to make sure that they will sell a good chuck of them Samsung announced today in Korea its latest and colorful SE-208DB, a new external DVD Writer. What’s new here? Well for starter this SE-208DB is available in not one but four different colors (Black, White, Red and Blue) but also come in a new and stylish slim design and… Well that’s pretty much summarize it all!
Oct 02
Announced a few weeks ago here you are in the “Flesh” Toshiba’s new Canvio external USB 3.0 HDD line-up. Not much to say here really with the exception maybe of Canvio Slim that is indeed slick and elegant!
Sep 24
Here you are the latest Canvio external and portable HDDs from Toshiba! Announced in Japan and in the USA, the new comer is the Canvio Slim! Available in 500GB only and with the support of USB 2.0 and USB 3.0, the Canvio slim come with a 7mm thin thick body and will be available at launch (end of October) in Graphite Black and Silver.
The Canvio Desk in the other hand also come with the support of USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 as well as being available in 1 or 2TB. Finally the Canvio will 500, 750GB, 1 …
Aug 04
We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget inquiry is from Dominic, who’s moving into the world of drive-less laptops but can’t let go of his Blu-Ray discs. If you’re looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.
“Hi guys, I’m about to purchase a laptop without a disc drive and I’d like to get a portable Blu-Ray drive to go with it. Do any of you know of any USB bus-powered units that are small(ish) and cool-looking? Thanks!”
Well, if you’re looking for a truly stylish piece of hardware, then we suggest taking a look at ASUS’ art-deco inspired offerings, but beyond that? Let’s turn it over to you, the friendly Engadget community — come share your knowledge.
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