Tag archive: GoFlex

Storage vendor Seagate has opened up its GoFlex Satellite mobile wireless storage to the Android world, introducing a native Android app that enables smartphones, tablets, and other devices to tap into media and other content on the drive—including streaming video—via Wi-Fi. Seagate's GoFlex Satellite drives are battery powered and connect to devices using 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi rather than USB, Firewire, or other cables—and… Read More

These new external drives are compatible with  Apple Time Machine, while maintaining the ability to work across both Windows and Mac OS X computers. GoFlex for Mac drives can also be used with computers running Windows by simply downloading an HFS+ driver for Windows from Seagate, which will provide full read-write access to the drive from a Windows computer. The new line-up of GoFlex for Mac external drives include: GoFlex for Mac… Read More

One of the problems with choosing external hard drives is figuring out what connection interface you need today (Firewire? USB 2?) and what connection interfaces you might need in a few months or a year (eSATA? USB 3?). Seagate is looking to take some of the guesswork out of the decision with its new FreeAgent GoFlex drives—available in ultraportable and desktop configurations featuring interface adapters that let users change the… Read More

Hardcore gamers are known for spending all sorts of money to pimp out their notebooks in order to achieve the fastest, highest-resolution explosion-and-splatter experience possible…but, some would humbly submit, the gamers still have to catch up with the kind of kit carted around by video professionals, particularly now that the whole world is going HD. As an example, boutique computer maker 1 Beyond has announced an update to its GoFlex317… Read More