Another possibility is a portable hard drive, such as a microdrive, made by companies like Hitachi.
Though many iPod owners use the device as a portable hard drive--which it is--the iPod was built for music.
Toshiba's Canvio Special Edition Portable Hard Drive provides users with spacious storage capacity and a complete, yet simple-to-use backup solution.
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The new USB 3.0 bus-powered portable hard drive is backwardly compatible with USB 2.0 ports, ensuring that all of the user's content is completely accessible.
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One clever feature is the ability of the iPod to act like any other small portable hard drive, which at its very essence it is.
Well, the Canon 5D Mark II, a 27-inch Dell display, a 1TB Western Digital portable hard drive and a handsome discount on Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 all visit the list.
"We're excited to introduce the Store 'n' Go, the first portable hard drive in Verbatim's USB 3.0 collection, and allow consumers to experience a significant improvement in data transfer speeds that will let them complete their tasks in a fraction of the time, " said Charles Klinker, Verbatim's Director of Marketing, HDD Products.
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Shortly thereafter, Iomega will move the rest of its portable external hard drive models to the USB 3.0 interface.
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Items you'll need: computers (PCs or Macs), a main storage server, a back-up server (in case the main server dies) and portable hard-drive stored off-site (if the house catches fire).
This handheld device works with both Macs and PCs, and can serve as a portable USB 1.1 hard drive for either system--though by using the USB connection interface, you can expect a long wait when loading data to the device from your computer.
Though it was not the first MP3 player to hit the market, the iPod was the first to take the portable flash player and install a hard drive, giving it maximum storage space.
But for a hard drive, PalmOne could have developed the iPod or Portable Media Center.
The business-grade backup application coupled with a reliable Seagate hard drive in an exceptionally slim, 12.5mm package, which makes the BlackArmor PS 110 portable drive a powerful storage solution for traveling professionals.
We realised that if you had digital music, music that was digitised that is, then you could store it on flash memory or a hard drive and thus create a music player that could store many more songs that the Sony Walkmans or portable CD players that were the rage at the time.
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