Toshiba's Canvio external HDD devices have been around for quite some time now (the latest addition to this series coming in mid-September), but it seems that the Japanese manufacturer has finally decided that it's about time to make them a tad speedier, so it released the new Canvio 3.0 Portable Hard Drive series, that, as you might have guessed already, comes equipped with an USB 3.0 interface.
The stylish Canvio 3.0 product line continues Toshiba's high quality industrial design, including its pocket-sized, rounded rectangular form factor with rubberized edges and high gloss black finish with red, green, blue, white, or silver graphical accents.
Available in storage capacities of 500 gigabytes (GB), 750GB or one terabyte (TB), Canvio 3.0 drives feature simple plug-and-play operation, pre-loaded backup software, and backward compatibility with personal computers and other devices equipped with USB 2.0 ports.
For the same price as competing USB 2.0 drives, Canvio 3.0 drives offer fast file transfers at up to 10 times the speed of USB 2.0 drives.
"Power digital consumers, and even typical PC users, are storing high definition video content, high resolution digital images, and multi-gigabyte music collections.
When you consider that a single HD video can easily be three times the size of the same video in standard definition, it's easy to see why file transfer speeds are just as important as storage capacity," said Manuel Camarena, product manager for consumer storage at Toshiba Storage Device Division.
"With the integration of the USB 3.0 interface, Canvio 3.0 drives significantly improve file transfer performance for large media files and dramatically minimize the wait time for backup and recovery processes," Mr. Camarena added.
We've briefly mentioned the topic of price a bit earlier, and now we'll come back to it, mentioning the fact that the Toshiba Canvio 3.0 HDDs are, in fact, extremely affordable, starting at around 120 US dollars for the 500GB model and going as high as 180 US dollars for the 1TB flavor.
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