Hitachi Announces First USB 3.0 External Drives, Bundled With Personal Cloud Space

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (which was just acquired by Western Digital) has announced the company's first USB 3.0 external hard drives, the so-called Touro Mobile Pro Portable Drive and the Touro Desk Pro External Drive (the bigger one in the picture). What's special about these devices is the personal cloud-based back up solution they come with. In other words, you can store data on your hardware and online - if things go awry in either one of these "two levels of protection" (Hitachi), you don't have to worry about losing valuable data. Both drives spin at 7,200rpm.

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