Iomega announces new eGo Portable Hard Drives

Iomega Corporation, a global leader in data protection and security, has introduced new higher capacity and dual interface models for its hugely popular Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive, which has changed the way computer users view design and function in portable hard drives.

Iomega revealed its new eGo Portable Hard Drive models as well as the rest of its Apple-oriented products at the Macworld Conference & Expo, in San Francisco, from 15 to 18 January 2008.

The newest additions to the Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive family include models with dual USB 2.0 and FireWire 400 interfaces. These are available in Europe in 160GB in a beautiful jet black or alpine white, and in 250GB in red, jet black and alpine white. Iomega also announced today new 250GB USB 2.0-powered models in red, midnight blue and silver.

Launched in June as a 160GB USB 2.0 powered portable hard drive, the Iomega eGo Drive has received media accolades around the world for its style and its substance.

"With the eGo Portable Hard Drive, Iomega shook up the industry by introducing fashion to a world previously known for little grey and black boxes," said Romain Cholat, vice-president of International Sales at Iomega Corporation.

"Now we're raising the bar with exciting new models that offer more capacity and connectivity with PCs and Macs. The new models are available in several different stylish colours, making the Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive the ideal portable storage product for family, friends, students, professionals and anyone who wants to add some personality to their computer."

Iomega's eGo Drive is a stylish and sassy 2.5-inch drive that easily fits in a briefcase or purse, giving users dependable portable storage and allowing them to express their own personal palette, popular today with coloured laptop computers. The eGo Drive has an elegantly curved chassis available in several different eye-catching colours, each with chrome end-caps that sets the eGo Drive apart from other portable hard drives.

But the Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive is also about function. No power supply is required when utilising the USB port on any of the eGo Drive models. The dual interface models are ideal for seamless storage, backup and archive support on both PC and Mac computing systems. All Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drives come with a version of EMC Retrospect software for automatic backups, scheduled backups, or on-demand backups. DropGuard technology, another data safety advantage for eGo Drive users, protects the eGo drive from accidental damage caused by drops of up to 51 inches. This is far superior to the drop height specifications of other branded portable hard drives.

In terms of storage space, the 160GB eGo Portable Hard Drive can carry up to 640 000 photos, over 2 900 hours of music or 240 hours of video with confidence, while the 250GB eGo Portable Hard Drive can carry up to 1 million photos, over 4 600 hours of music or 375 hours of video.

All Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drives are compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Home/XP Professional/XP Professional x64, and Windows Vista. The eGo Portable Hard Drive is also compatible with Mac OS X 10.1.5 or above.