technologytell.com Updated: 2011-09-24 10:54:39
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Nothing says “SEXY” like an external hard drive. OK, that’s not entirely true. One could probably make the same claim when talking about Angelina Jolie, red sports cars or that Victoria and her wonderful secret. Apparently the folks at SimpleTech feel...
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computershopper.com Updated: 2011-09-24 10:54:24
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The Signature Mini from SimpleTech is an example of how companies are trying to jazz up plain devices like portable hard drives to set themselves apart. These laptop companions are no longer exotic, expensive peripherals, but the Signature...
High-end design; backup software included for both Mac and PC; fast read speeds on a Mac...
Thick; much higher price per gigabyte than competing drives...
The Signature Mini portable hard drive offers supercar styling and good backup software...
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This will be a quick one! What we have here is a dead-simple, compact 500GB external USB hard drive. To be honest there’s very little else to add. That won’t stop me from making you click through to hear about it, though. The SimpleTech Mini drive from...
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REVIEW The Signature Mini Black Cherry 320GB ($179.99 list) from SimpleTech is a meticulously crafted portable hard drive that gives products like the Western Digital My Passport Elite (WDML3200) a run for their money. Its price per gigabyte (around...
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An eye-catching design and 2GB of free online backup make this portable storage drive stand out.
Stylish design, Free 2GB of online backup, Encryption software...
Mediocre transfer speeds...
We would like to have seen faster read and write speeds—and the Ultimate Backup software preinstalled on the drive—but the $169 Fabrik SimpleTech Signature Mini (backed by a three-year warranty) is a good-looking and versatile hard drive.
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Data transfer speeds on external USB 2.0 storage devices simply can’t compare to hard drives that move files around using internal interfaces like SATA, RAID and SCSI. A comparison between the two isn’t very useful, and expectations for each should be...
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SimpleTech Signature Mini Drive Review Posted on: June 22, 2008 A few months ago, we tested the SimpleDrive from SimpleTech, this time we had the opportunity to lay our hands on the new SimpleTech series, the Signature Mini Drive. Our test unit is a S...
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maximumpc.com Updated: 2011-09-24 10:54:46
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We thought only Western Digital was dipping drives into the Skittles rainbow, but SimpleTech’s new line of USB drives are just as colorful as their Western Digital counterparts. The devices in the Signature Mini line range in capacity from 120GB to 320...
One of the fastest portable drives we’ve tested. Stylish color options.
The discburning software couldn’t find our optical drives.
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Heres my quick look video review of the Signature Mini USB drive from SimpleTech. Features Available in 120GB up to 320GB capacityCompact designComes with Windows and Mac backup softwareDoesnt require an AC adapterClick thumbnail to play video Video...
Compact Powered by a USB Y cable, no AC adapter required PC and Mac backup software included on drive Virtually silent operation...
Supplied USB cable seems short at just 17 inches long...
Heres my quick look video review of the Signature Mini USB drive from SimpleTech. Features Available in 120GB up to 320GB capacityCompact designComes with Windows and Mac backup softwareDoesnt require an AC adapterClick thumbnail to play video Video...
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SimpleTech SimpleTech. The name alone tells you one thing: their technology is easy to use. In todays review, we will put their newest series drive, the 250GB Signature Mini Drive to the TechwareLabs test. Each one of the drives comes in a different...
The SimpleTech 250GB Signature Mini Drive is a great product for the price. With its stylish Ferrari inspired lines, large capacities, and small size, its a no brainer. Our benchmarks above show an average read/write speed of 33.4MB/s, which is nothi...
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Is it ever possible to be too obsessive about backing up your data? I’ve learned not to think so. Need I remind anyone of the events of March 1? Yeah, I thought not. Since the crash I have learned exactly how obsessive some people can be when it com...
Sleek design; easy to set up; easy to operate; needs no external power; option to backup online for Windows users...
Mac users might like the free 2GB of online strorage, too…...
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Businessweek.com Updated: 2011-09-24 10:55:05
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The Good: Compact, attractive drive that can be tossed in a laptop bag The Bad: Uses backup software from a third-party vendor that stores data in its own proprietary format, so it may be easier to just drag-and-drop your files into the drive manuall...
Compact, attractive drive that can be tossed in a laptop bag...
Uses backup software from a third-party vendor that stores data in its own proprietary format, so it may be easier to just drag-and-drop your files into the drive manually...
At $180 for 250 gigabytes of storage, the Mini is reasonably priced. Its sleek-looking in a variety of modern colors...
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