How does 500Gb storage for your iPad sound? That’s kinda what Seagate is offering with its new GoFlex Satellite, an external hard drive with iOS-friendly Wi-Fi built in.
The drive is much like Seagate’s other GoFlex drives, and you can hook it up to any computer via USB2 or USB3. The difference is the wireless n radio. This supports up to three connections and lets you access any media on the drive through a web browser. However, if you have an iPad you can use a companion app — GoFlex Media — to browse the drive.
This will let you view and play back any iOS compatible file, be it music, video, a document, or a photo. You can’t send the content to other apps (yet) but you can at least cache content locally. Also, the drive’s Wi-Fi can’t connect to an existing network, so you’ll have to manually connect to it from your device, switching away from your home or work network as you do so.
The drive costs just what you’d expect: $200, or the same as a regular pocket drive and a MiFi wireless router together. It’s not cheap, but it sure is convenient. Available soon.
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