SimpleTech SimpleDrive: up to 1TB, Pininfarina design

We don't often wind-tunnel test our external drive enclosures, but SimpleTech's re-released Pininfarina-designed SimpleDrive still kind of makes us want to break down to try. Now in capacities up to 1TB, the 7200rpm USB 2.0 drives come bundled with backup software, a 2GB Fabrik account (which might have had something to do with Fabrik acquiring SimpleTech's peripheral business), that inline light-up capacity meter, and your choice of colors based on capacity: red (160GB), white (250GB), sapphire (320GB), onyx (500GB) and gray (750GB and 1TB). Prices start at a hundred bones for the 160GB unit; combo FireWire 400 and USB versions will ship in May.

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[ssleb @ Apr 9th 2007 5:00AM]

so how much is the 1TB model?? and where do i get one!!!!

:D

[Erin Hartin @ Apr 9th 2007 6:22PM]

Hey guys. I work for Fabrik. Thanks for all the comments. We haven't set pricing yet for the 1TB, but we expect it to be in the upper 400s.

[Mark P @ Nov 21st 2007 11:19PM]

My 500GB SimpleDrive that I purchased yesterday died 15 minutes after loading up all my data files onto it (less than 50GB).

I called customer service and all they told me was "I shouldn't have had all my important data in one place". Very disappointing product and totally unacceptable customer service.

[Uranium @ Apr 9th 2007 6:23AM]

A 1TB portable HD will probably be expensive :(

[Mat @ Apr 9th 2007 6:40AM]

No firewire? No good.

[Fat Joe @ Apr 9th 2007 9:07AM]

Yeh

[Eric @ Apr 10th 2007 9:31PM]

Actually, we'll be shipping units with FireWire 400/USB 2.0 interfaces next month. - Eric with Fabrik

[Galley @ Apr 9th 2007 9:07AM]

I've got a 100 gigger, and it's the best I've ever owned. I wish these were on the market when I needed a 500 gigger.

[Dugald A. Taylor @ Jun 17th 2007 10:16PM]

1 TB when?

[Mark P @ Nov 21st 2007 11:18PM]

My 500GB SimpleDrive that I purchased yesterday died 15 minutes after loading up all my data files onto it (less than 50GB).

I called customer service and all they told me was "I shouldn't have had all my important data in one place". Very disappointing product and totally unacceptable customer service.