Buffalo Technology, makers of high-end storage and networking peripherals (their products are apparently very popular in Japan), today announced several new products which they hope will bolster their market share in the US. One of the more exciting products they showed us is the Mini-Station portable hard drive, which is easily the smallest hard drive we’ve seen, period. The 60GB storage device is a mere 5 millimeters thick (.2 inches), and measures 3.4 by 2.2 inches. Inside the tiny frame is the smallest external spinning hard drive on the market, a single platter 1.8” drive.

As you can tell from our photos, the drive is smaller than a business card, and can easily fit into your wallet. The USB plug is extended from the top corner of the drive, and even has a small blue LED light to indicate data transfer. We were delighted to hear that the Mini-Station will come bundled not only with Memeo remote backup software but also mobile versions of FireFox and Thunderbird. It also includes Turbo USB, proprietary Buffalo drivers that optimize USB data transfer on Windows XP systems (by up to 20%).

The Mini-Station will be released at the end of this month, in both 30GB and 60GB flavors. No word on price yet.

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