Thanks to the acquisition of SimpleTech by Fabrik earlier this year, three new consumer oriented storage devices are now being introduced by Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST). The new products include the SimpleTOUGH portable USB drive, the SimpleDRIVE Mini portable USB drive, and the SimpleNET network storage adapter. Let’s quickly go over each of these three new products – all of which will be under the Hitachi brand name.

Hitachi SimpleTOUGH Portable USB 2.0 Drive:

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  • Industry’s only water-resistant and shock-resistant external hard drive from a global hard drive manufacturer
  • Designed to sustain a 3 meter drop (9.8 feet) and withstand the pressure of a one-ton class commercial truck
  • Foldaway USB cable
  • Ergonomic sides for easy carrying
  • Topside LED for power status
  • Comes with Hitachi Travelstar hard drive

Prices for the new SimpleTOUGH are as follows:

  • $99 dollars for 250GB
  • $119.99 for 320GB
  • $149.99 for 500GB

Hitachi SimpleDRIVE Mini Portable USB 2.0 drive:

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  • Stylish and contemporary USB 2.0 drive available in multiple colors
  • Utilizes hard drives from Hitachi
  • 2.5 inch portable external hard drive
  • Cool underside LEDs for extra glow
  • Joggle digital content manager for easy tracking, sharing, publishing of photos, music, and videos
  • Hitachi Ultimate Backup online service (2GB free)
  • Durable and made for travel
  • USB powered

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Colors and prices are as follows:

  • Red wine in 250GB drive for $89.99
  • Blue dusk in 320GB drive for $109.99
  • Carbon fiber for a textured black look in 500GB drive for $139.99

Hitachi SimpleNET USB Drive Network Adapter:

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  • Allows you to share and access existing USB hard drive content over a home or small business network
  • Plug USB drive into SimpleNET and then plug SimpleNET into an Ethernet network
  • USB drive appears as a drive on the network
  • Support for Mac, PC, and Linux users
  • Connect up to two USB drives at once (2x USB 2.0 host ports – powered)
  • Reset button
  • FAT32, NTFS, HFS+, and EXT3 file system support
  • Features include iTunes server, FTP access drive, DLNA media svr, SSH server for command line access
  • MSRP of $79.99.

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