Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX) today announced the next evolution
in the company’s wireless storage category. Seagate®
Wireless Plus mobile device storage now consists of a family of
capacities at 500GB, 1TB and 2TB versions to suit every need along with
integration with cloud services, such as Dropbox and Google Drive. The
Seagate Wireless Plus storage is designed to expand beyond the
limitations of mobile devices, such as smart phones and tablets. With
capacities that are multiples beyond the highest storage available on
these mobile devices, the Seagate Wireless Plus provides an ideal
solution to stream your favorite HD video while freeing up precious
space on your Android Tablet, iPad, iPhone, Android Smart Phone, Kindle
Fire, Windows 8 computers and Windows RT tablets.
Seagate created the wireless storage category in 2011 to address
consumers’ desire to enjoy more content than tablets and smartphones can
hold with their limited storage options. A
CES 2013 Best of Innovations Award Winner, the Seagate Wireless Plus
now includes a new option to save content and files to the drive
wirelessly through the updated Seagate Media app as well as the ability
to migrate files to cloud services such as Dropbox and Google Drive.
“Wireless connectivity is a feature that has been added to external
storage over the last couple of years; it provides the convenience of
high capacity and easy sharing for mobile devices that are limited in
their storage capabilities,” said Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle
Research. “Now, with the integrating of popular cloud storage
services to these products, there exists an invaluable bridge to even
more content.”
The Seagate Media app’s new capability to sync your files on the Seagate
Wireless Plus storage with an existing cloud storage provider means that
your files are always accessible even when you don’t have network
access. The Seagate Media app creates your own Dropbox or Google Drive
folder, so files are available and at the ready. Then once you are
back on the network, your files will automatically re-sync to ensure all
changes are saved in both the cloud and the Wireless Plus drive.
“Having pioneered the category of wireless local storage for mobile
devices, Seagate is now proud to advance the platform by adding more
capacities and developing advanced features that will benefit how people
are using these drives,” said Scott Horn, vice president of global
marketing for Seagate. “Cloud storage services provide a convenient way
for people to migrate files between devices and share with friends and
colleagues. With the new Seagate Media app and Wireless Plus mobile
storage, people will now be enabled to use these cloud services to
access even more media from their Wireless Plus storage device.”
Seagate Wireless Plus mobile device storage is accessed through the
mobile Seagate Media app for Apple iOS, Android, Kindle Fire HD, Windows
8 tablets. Seagate Wireless Plus mobile storage connects to devices over
a Wi-Fi connection, which the battery-powered drive emits once powered
on. Simply connect to the network by searching for Wireless Plus in your
available Wi-Fi networks. The drive creates its own Wi-Fi network,
eliminating the need to be within range of an existing network
connection.
Additionally, you can use Wireless Plus to enjoy video, photos, music
and even documents on the big screen via Apple Airplay, DLNA or an app
designed specifically for Samsung Smart TVs and Blu-ray players.
Pricing and Availability:
Seagate Wireless Plus mobile storage has a supported battery life of up
to 10 hours and provides its own Wi-Fi signal to enable access to the
drive. The drive is now available at 2TB for an MSRP of $199.99 and 1TB
for $179.99 MSRP. The 500GB capacity point will be available from
Seagate.com as of Friday, May 9th at a MSRP of $149.99 MSRP,
but can be purchased by pre-order today.
About Seagate
Seagate is a worldwide leader in storage solutions. Learn more at http://www.seagate.com.
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Seagate Technology LLC or its affiliates in the United States and/or
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property of their respective owners. When referring to drive capacity,
one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB,
equals one thousand billion bytes. Your computer’s operating system may
use a different standard of measurement and report a lower capacity. In
addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other
functions and will not be available for data storage.
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