Gadgets and Gizmos

Samsung and LaCie team on Hard Drives

LaCie has teamed-up with Samsung to develop 1.3-inch large capacity hard drives for smaller devices. This has led LaCie to introduce new 30GB and 40GB small drives in its Little Disk range. The company is also introducing an updated version of its credit card-sized USB Key Max drive. Both solutions connect to the computer using USB 2.0.

The 30 and40 GB Little Disks pack 1.3-inch, 3,600 rpm hard disk drives from Samsung, which were designed to offer the most efficient use of capacity per volume. By using this technology in these new mobile offerings, LaCie was able to see an increase in maximum capacity from 12GB to 40GB.” The Little Disk’s operate off power from a USB 2.0 port and operate without drives on Mac OS X 10.2 or newer, Windows 2000/XP/Vista, and Linux systems.

It is available in 30GB or 40GB versions, LaCie will be offering its smallest Little Disk yet, as well as an update to the credit card-sized USB Key Max. Both products are USB 2.0 powered, include their very own connection cable and are compatible with any computer running Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Mac OS X 10.2 or higher or Linux 2.4 or 2.

Both drives can hold approximately 36,000 digital photos, 12,000 songs (MP3 files), or 60 hours DVD quality video. Both the 1.3-inch Little Disk and the USB Key the 30 GB version of the Little Disk is $129.99, with the 40 GB version retailing for $159.99.