Iomega Boosts Its eGo Portable Drives

Storage vendor Iomega has inflated its eGo portable hard drives, adding 250 GB capacities and dual USB/FireWire interfaces...and finally selling them in the U.S.

Storage vendor Iomega has boosted its eGo line of portable hard drives just in time for Macworld Expo, pushing capacities out to 250 GB and adding a dual USB 2.0/FireWire 400 interface for connecting to a wide variety of systems.

Iomega originally introduced the 250 GB, dual-interface eGo drives at last September’s Apple Expo in Paris, but is finally bringing the drives to the U.S. market. The drives will be available in black, cherry red, and alpine white enclosures, in an effort to bring some style to external storage devices. "With the eGo Portable Hard Drive, Iomega shook up the industry by introducing fashion to a world previously known for little gray and black boxes," said Iomega president Tom Kampfer, in a statement.

The eGo drives power off the host bus, so users don’t need to cart around a separate power supply to use the devices, and they ship with EMC’ Retrospect backup software.

The new 250 GB dual-interface models is priced at $229.95; a 160 GB version is also available for $159.95. USB-only versions are available for $139.99 (160 GB) and $209.95 (250 GB).