Seagate Unveils GoFlex Satellite Drive
Seagate Monday announced the upcoming arrival of the GoFlex Satellite mobile wireless storage drive, a Wi-Fi-enabled hard drive meant to extend the storage capacity of iPads and other portable devices.
The drive contains 500GB, so users may take their entire movie library with them to watch on a mobile device.
“With the growth of the tablet and iPad markets and the larger volumes of high-quality media now being consumed, there is a clear need for access to content that is not plagued with the challenges of streamed video over the Internet,” Patrick Connolly, vice president and general manager of Seagate’s retail group, said as part of the announcement. “The unfortunate fact is that these popular new mobile devices are hampered by their limited storage capacity while one of their primary functions is that of media consumption.