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The Ministation Metro, coming in a variety of tastefully named colors, such as Black Crystal, represents a continuation of Buffalo’s recent efforts to beautify its portable hard drive offerings. The drive’s design is highlighted by a handily integrated USB cable that sits flush with the Metro’s externals when not in use. It’s also noteworthy that this latest entry in Buffalo’s Ministation series looks remarkably similar (i.e. identical) to the recently announced HD-PXU2 in Japan. We can only surmise that the company believes the term Metro carries more positive connotations with Western consumers than the otherwise catchy jumble of letters and digits. Capacity choices range all the way up to 500GB, and the new drives are expected to reach American and British shores in August, with a US price somewhere in the vicinity of $200 for the most capacious models.

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Buffalo adds Ministation Metro to its external HDD lineup originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sammy’s done it again. The company, known to have a penchant for pink products, has unveiled two new eye-catching colors for its Mini S2 portable HDD series. Joining the already available Snow White are Ocean Blue and Sweet Pink, pictured — and yep, if you look closely enough, that’s a sea of hearts lining the case on the right. All other options appear to be the same as when Samsung first unveiled the 2.5-inch drive, with capacity options ranging from 160GB all the way up to 500GB, and it’s current status is “coming soon” in Korea, with options to import likely to follow shortly after. Catering / pandering to the female audience? You betcha, and if this pic’s not proof enough, hit up the break for an image that’s decidedly more in line with the device’s initial inspiration / concept art.

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Samsung Mini S2 portable HDD graced with colors that perfectly match your tacky beach gear originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What a difference a year makes, right? Right around 12 months after Western Digital outed its 2TB My Book Studio Edition II, the company has come forward with a new edition that houses twice the storage. The dual-drive device includes a pair of those minty fresh 2TB HDDs arranged in a RAID 0 configuration, and WD promises that it’ll play nice with both Macs and PCs. As for connectivity, you’ll get eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0, and the handy capacity gauge does exactly what it says. It’s up for order right now for $649.99.

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WD intros 4TB My Book Studio Edition II external hard drive originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You know how inexpensive memory has gotten, but can you believe how small? Today, Clickfree, a leader in easy backups, announced the Clickfree Traveler. These ultra-compact external drives are so small you could fit them in a wallet.

The Traveler comes in three capacities: the FL160 offers 16GB for $79.99, the FL320 offers 32GB for $149.99, and the FL640 offers 64GB for $249.99. All work without software on Windows or Macintosh computers and include an integrated USB cable, so you don’t need to worry about carrying a cord around.

The Traveler isn’t just a way to carry extra files, it’s also an automated backup solution. Plug it in and it organizes and backs-up all of your content. You can use it for multiple computers and it will keep each owner’s files separate. In an emergency, you can restore your files just as easily.

The Clickfree store offers free shipping for orders over $99. If you’ve been looking for a versatile backup solution, the Traveler is an attractive way to go.

For more on the Clickfree Traveler, take a look at our review on PCMag.com.

This whole global economic crisis, and its resulting massive loss of jobs got us thinking. We here at Engadget didn’t want to stand helplessly by, announcing every new round of misery without giving anything back — so we decided to take the opportunity to spread a little positivity. We’ll be handing out a new gadget every day (except for weekends) to lucky readers until we run out of stuff or companies stop sending things. Today we’ve got an 500GB Toshiba USB 2.0 portable hard drive, complete with a swank black / white motif and a nearly unlimited amount of room for, um, whatever the heck you want. Read the rules below (no skimming — we’re omniscient and can tell when you’ve skimmed) and get commenting! Hooray for free stuff!

Huge thanks to Toshiba for providing the gear!

The rules:

• Leave a comment below. Any comment will do, but if you want to share your proposal for “fixing” the world economy, that’d be sweet too.
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you’ll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.)
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory. Just be careful and you’ll be fine.
  
• Contest is open to anyone in the 50 States, 18 or older! Sorry, we don’t make this rule (we hate excluding anyone), so be mad at our lawyers and contest laws if you have to be mad.
• Winner will be chosen randomly. The winner will receive one (1) 500GB Toshiba USB 2.0 portable HDD, model number HDDR500E03X. Approximate retail value is $139.99.
• If you are chosen, you will be notified by email. Winners must respond within three days of the end of the contest. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen.
• Entries can be submitted until Friday, April 24th, at 11:59PM ET. Good luck!
• Full rules can be found here.

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Engadget’s recession antidote: win a 500GB Toshiba USB 2.0 portable HDD! originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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