As seen in our benchmarks the 2nd Generation Momentus XT 750GB 2.5″ SATA III hybrid drive is not the power monster some of you may had expected it to be but to be completely honest with all of you this was not the intention of Seagate in the first place. The Momentus XT line is mostly meant to replace normal HDDs inside notebooks and offer faster boot-up and load times by utilizing the 8GB onboard SLC NAND Flash memory but that’s just about what you can expect from it.
Products
CES Photo Essay #2 – Gaming
You can’t deny the popularity of gaming today. Hardcore fans range from 6-60 years old in some cases and whether you are doing the console thing with your XBOX 360/PS3 or rocking your laptop at a coffee shop owning all of your friends during a MW3 deathmatch, gaming is here to stay and the interest just keeps growing.
This year, CES delivered more than a handful of companies specializing in accessories to make your gaming experience sound, look, and feel better than you could have ever imagined. Here are just a few of the products that we were able to peek at while on the show floor.
If you’d like to see the rest of the photos from our CES coverage you can check them out on Flickr.
Mobile Bloom: Seagate Personal Server 4G LTE announced at CES 2012
At CES 2012, Seagate has unveiled a working model of its latest device, the Personal Server 4G LTE Wi-Fi which is supposed to revolutionize on-the-fly internet connectivity and storage. In a nutshell, the device is a mix of the 4G LTE mobile hotspot and the Seagate GoFlex Satellite and offers features of both of these products.
Laptop Magazine: Best of CES 2012
Combine a portable wireless hard drive with a blazing fast 4G LTE hotspot and you have a mobile file and media server like no other. A prototype update to Seagate’s Satellite GoFlex wireless hard drive, this device allows up to three simultaneous users to stream its music, photos, or videos to any Wi-Fi-enabled device.
CES 2012 Photo Essay: Gadgets
CES 2012 always reminds us that technology is really cool. However, the bigger picture benefit to shows like CES is their ability to bring technology enthusiasts together to share their great ideas all packed into gadgets that help make life easier, more enjoyable and more personal. Here are just a few of the great products that made the cut for this post. If you’d like to see the rest of the photos from our CES coverage you can check them out on Flickr.
Stereo dock for iPad by iLuv.
World's largest 3D OLED TV - 55 inches!
High-end stylized 3D glasses for use with 3D TVs
Wireless storage for tablets and smartphones.
Blood pressure app for iPad.
iBaby Monitor from iHealth.
Sony tablets
Slide and film digital converter devices
Plays vinyl records and CD's
PC World: Stream and Store Video With New Offerings from Belkin and Verizon
Verizon showed its own video-streaming equipment. First is a newly-announced 4G LTE storage device and wireless access point contained in one little black box that is made by Seagate.
AnandTech: CES – Seagate Combines 500GB Portable Drive With Mobile Hotspot in Proof of Concept
While perusing the Verizon Wireless booth, a chunky little device caught our eye. Though considered a proof of concept, and not scheduled for release yet, a Seagate device was on display that combined an LTE mobile hotspot with 500GB of storage on-board.
At CES 2012 Seagate Demonstrates That Storage Is At The Center Of All Things Digital
Seagate to Showcase 4G LTE Storage, Solid-state Hybrid Hard Drives and More Industry Firsts. Come by the Seagate booth and you could win a new Alienware gaming laptop loaded with the industry’s fastest solid-state hybrid drive.
LAS VEGAS – January 10, 2012 – Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX) will be showcasing its full breadth of consumer, desktop and enterprise solutions at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show. Follow all the news and contest info at Seagate.com/ces.
Monster Digital® Teams With Seagate To Simplify PC Upgrades To Solid State Hybrid Drives
Seagate Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Drive Available With Monster Digital’s All Inclusive “Easy Upgrade Kit” That Makes It Simple to Upgrade Laptop and Desktop Storage
LAS VEGAS – January 9, 2012 – Monster Digital®, a leading innovator and developer of advanced memory storage solutions, today announced it is teaming with Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX), a global leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions, to make it easy to upgrade laptop and desktop PC storage to Seagate’s Momentus® XT solid state hybrid drive (SSHD). With the new Monster Digital easy upgrade kit, computer users will now be able to turbo-charge the boot times and overall performance of their laptop or desktop PCs with a quick, easy upgrade to the Momentus XT drive. Monster Digital’s “Dakar” series upgrade kit will be offered with 750GB and 500GB models of Seagate’s high-performance Momentus XT drive at suggested retail prices of $289.99 and $269.99 respectively.
Scripps News: Compute – Tech gifts for guy with almost everything
For some men, another tie or pair of pajamas just won’t cut it as a holiday gift. Allow me to suggest some tech options even your most hard-to-shop-for man will appreciate — and probably won’t have yet.
Instead of getting your guy another Blu-ray disc that already may be in his Netflix queue, consider gifting him with the ability to ditch cable and to stream endless movies and TV shows straight from the Internet to his TV. The Roku 2 XS media player (Amazon, $98) streams Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video, Crackle, HBO Go, NHL, NBA, MLB and more in 1080p resolution. While there are lower-priced Roku 2 models, the XS is the only one with an Ethernet port (to connect high-speed Internet with a cable to your router) and a USB port (letting you play videos, music and more from an external hard drive or other local storage device). While many channels require a subscription, your media-addicted man may think constant access to on-demand video is priceless.
Gadget Review: CloudFTP Turns Any USB Storage Device Wireless
Seagate’s wireless hard drive has only been around for a few months, and the rug has already been pulled out from under them. What are we talking about? Seagate’s GoFlex Wireless hard drive is targeted at iPad and iPhone users who are challenged with capacity caps on their devices. This hard drive provides up to 500GB of data storage and allows anyone with a WiFi enabled device to connect to it wirelessly and playback movies, music and access the usual vareity of other documents and files. However, some caveats of the device include the price ($200) and that you can’t daisy chain other USB storage devices to it.
