Imation's New USB Drive is Wireless, Not Wi-Fi
Imation's New USB Drive is Wireless, Not Wi-Fi
Posted 11/19/2009 at 6:16pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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Imation has announced the release of the first external hard drive to use wireless USB. The Pro WX Wireless USB hard drive packs a standard 1.5TB 3.5” drive, with an SSD upgrade kit coming soon. The transfer speed are said to be a respectable, but not great, 15 MB/sec.
Per the wireless USB standard, the Pro WX supports one to one connection that should limit the possibility that someone else can connect to your hard drive. But being that this is the first wireless USB hard drive, there hasn’t yet been a real world test of security. Backups can be triggered whenever the drive is within 30 feet of the (very large) receiver.
The Pro WX Wireless USB hard drive is available for purchase now for 500 smackers. The price may be a bit steep, but think how cool you’ll look not having to plug your hard drive in to anything… wait, what? Power cord? Um, can we get on that wireless power thing? At least it eliminates one of two cables.
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Quakindude
November 20, 2009 at 7:05am
I just don't see that thing taking off for now. It still needs a power plugin and if you have to plug in a dongle, why not just plug in a USB cord instead and vastly improve your transfer rates?Not only that, but since it's only accessible by one person, the one with the dongle, what's the point?
This is something that will appeal to a select few. It will actually be useful to even fewer IMO.
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nekollx
November 20, 2009 at 9:04am
I see this as a stepping stone...
Soon(tm) well have computers with wireless gpus and monitors, the parts scttered about the room and no case.
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xs0u1x
November 19, 2009 at 6:53pm
wow that's pretty nifty. i'll wait till the price drops but i'll definitely keep that on my "must get" list.
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