External HDDs
Western Digital Launches My Cloud Home Storage Device in KSA
Western Digital Corporation has launched its latest range of storage technology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Western Digital announced the launch of the WD My Cloud Home Storage device which plugs directly into Wi-Fi router at home helping users save all digital content in one central place. In addition, the company also unveiled SanDisk iXpand Base, which is especially made for iPhone and automatically backs up photos, videos and contacts while the phone is kept on charging mode.
Apart from My Cloud Home and iXpand Base, SanDisk 400 GB Micro SD, the world’s highest-capacity microSD card for use in mobile devices was also launched at the event.
“We are excited to launch the WD My Cloud Home, a new personal cloud storage solution that empowers consumers to take control of their often-scattered digital content. With the My Cloud Home solution, consumers can easily aggregate all of their photos, videos and files from their smart phones, computers, USB storage, cloud and social media accounts in one central place. Using their smart phone, tablet or computer from anywhere with an internet connection, consumers then are free to experience and share that content with family and friends,” said Tareq Husseini, Regional Sales Director, Middle East and Africa, Western Digital Corporation.
Global data storage technology and solutions leader, Western Digital continues to push technology boundaries and transform the way consumers use their mobile devices.
“We are very enthusiastic to also unveil SanDisk iXpand Base, a device specially made for iPhone, allowing users to you to preserve all memories in good quality while they charge the phone on a daily basis. We are proud to present our latest range of storage innovations at the region’s most accessible and premier technology exhibition. By focusing on achieving new technology milestones, we enable consumers to keep up with their mobile-centric lifestyles with storage solutions they trust. We strive to add convenience and ease of use to our customers, and the largest storage space available to help them keep their memories and all their photos, videos and all files from their smart phone and computer devices,” added Husseini.
Key products launched include:
WD My Cloud Home
WD My Cloud Home storage device provides the space that you need to make your memories, photos, videos and files, last forever in the comfort and safety of your home. Users can automatically back up the photos and videos on their phone, and wirelessly back up and sync PC and Mac computers and cloud accounts. Consumers can access the device from their phones, tablets, computers and external storage devices, and even stream videos saved on your My Cloud Home device anywhere you have an internet connection.
SanDisk iXpand Base
SanDisk iXpand ensures users never have to worry about losing their phone memories again. Every time you charge iPhone with the iXpand Base, it automatically backs up photos, videos and contacts for you offering plenty of room to save files in their original quality with no worry about recurring monthly fees for Internet-based storage. Designed for everyday use with a soft rubber top, a sturdy base, and a wrap-around groove to keep your Apple Lightning cable tidy. The iXpand Base is also engineered for convenience, delivering fast-charging with 15W of power and a companion app for backing up and restoring your content to your iPhone.
SanDisk 400 GB Micro SD
SanDisk just unveiled the world’s highest-capacity microSD card for use in mobile devices. Two years after introducing its record-breaking 200GB* SanDisk Ultra microSDXC card, Western Digital has doubled the capacity within the same tiny form factor. Keeping up with the demands of today’s mobile-centric lifestyle, the new SanDisk microSD card provides consumers with the freedom to capture, save and share photos, videos and apps, and enjoy offline content – all without worrying about storage limitations.
External HDDs
Review: WD My Passport SSD (1TB)
WD’s new My Passport SSD is a gorgeous-looking external SSD storage device that offers storage capacities ranging between 256GB to 2TB. The variant we have reviewed here is the 1TB version that comes in very distinct greyish-silver and black colour tones. While the drive is USB Type-C and USB 3.1 Gen 2 read, it is also compatible with USB 3.0, USB 2.0, and USB-A ports.
Inside the box, you get the WD My Passport SSD drive, a USB Type-C to Type-C cable, a Type-C to Type-A adapter, a quick start guide, and the warranty info. Outside the box, the drive comes preformatted with exFAT, for compatibility with Windows and Mac. On paper, the drive offers fast read speeds of up to 540 MB/s, thanks to the USB 3.1 Gen 2 bus, which is also known as USB 3.1.
The drive measures 8.89-by-4.57-by-0.99 cm in dimension and weighs around 40.82-gms. The drive also offers hardware encryption. So, you can set a password to help keep it protected with built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption with WD Security software. In addition, it can also withstand drops from a height of up to 6.5-feet.
On paper, the drive offers data transfer speeds of up to 540 MB/s. In order to test its performance, we ran two benchmarks on it – CrystalDiskMark 8 and ATTO Disk Benchmark 4.0.1. On CrystalDiskMark, we were able to clock a sequential read speed of 462 MB/s and a write speed of 461 MB/s. On ATTO Disk Benchmark, we clocked a read speed of 432 MB/s and a write speed of 440 MB/s.
Since it is an SSD drive, there are no moving parts and hence it is less susceptible to over-heating and data corruption issues.
For a price of AED 700, the WD My Passport SSD (1TB) is a very lightweight external storage device that does its job as advertised.
Price: AED 700
WD My Passport SSD (1TB) AED 700
Summary
On paper, the drive offers data transfer speeds of up to 540 MB/s. In order to test its performance, we ran two benchmarks on it – CrystalDiskMark 8 and ATTO Disk Benchmark 4.0.1. On CrystalDiskMark, we were able to clock a sequential read speed of 462 MB/s and a write speed of 461 MB/s. On ATTO Disk Benchmark, we clocked a read speed of 432 MB/s and a write speed of 440 MB/s.
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