Samsung Launches High-capacity Ultra-compact External Hard Drives

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced its new S Seriesexternal hard disk drives. The Samsung S Series family consists ofa 2.5-inch drive S2 Portable and a 1.8-inch HDD S1 Mini. The newexternal drives are designed in a sleek high glossy casing with aleather back-cover for a professional look and feel.
"With an explosive 20 percent annual growth in the notebook market,external hard drives have become a popular and rapidly growing datastorage medium," said Tae-Yeop Oh, vice president, storagemarketing, Samsung Electronics. "Samsung's line-up of externaldrives is tailored for demanding consumers who want the best incapacity, reliability and industrial design."
By incorporating a USB controller within the conventional harddrive, the Samsung's S Series has a smaller case footprint vs.competing external hard drives. The USB on-board technology alsoreduces the weight and the power consumption of the drives. Inaddition, a power savings intelligence program monitors the drive'suse and places the drive into a low power "sleep mode" whenever thedrive has not been used for 10 minutes.
Added features enhance the usability of Samsung's external harddrives. A Samsung Auto backup function allows the user to programthe default backup in real time or as scheduled. A SecretZoneprotects important files and data in the form of software-basedAES-128bit or AES-256bit encryption. The external drive owner'sdata is also locked with a password-protecting SafetyKey whichensures data security. A capacity gauge enables users to see at aglance how much space is available, used, or designated as backupstorage
Samsung's external hard drive S Series is available in 2.5- and1.8-inch form factor devices. The 2.5-inch S2 Portable, weighing154g, is available in 160-, 250-, 320-, 500-GB capacities. The S2Portable's smaller form factor is a 17 percent reduction overcompeting 2.5-inch drive and power consumption shows a maximum 30percent reduction rate. The credit card-sized 1.8-inch S1 Minicomes in 80-, 120-, 160-GB capacities and weighs just 91g.
The S Series will be available in Q4 in the U.S. The new drives aredesigned in four colors: piano black, snow white, wine red, andchocolate brown.
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http://www.samsung.com