Iomega beefs up eGo portable drive line with new capacity, Dual Interface

Iomega's svelte portable eGo hard drive lineup got quite a bit of love the first time around, and Iomega is working in new sizes and plugs at this year's Macworld. The 2.5-inch drive now comes in 160GB and 250GB sizes, priced $140 and $210, respectively, for the USB 2.0 versions, while the Dual Interface editions (which toss in FireWire 400) will run you $160 and $230, respectively. Both versions can be powered straight from the data plug. The drives are available now in Cherry Red, Jet Black, Midnight Blue and Alpine White.

[Strider999 @ Jan 14th 2008 2:03PM]

Does anyone else think this drive looks like a hip flask?

[Andy M @ Jan 14th 2008 2:19PM]

absolutely- also has the capacity of 160 or 250ml of Wild Turkey 101

[Daniel @ Jan 14th 2008 2:18PM]

dell tries to get you to buy one of these when you are buying a laptop from them. the colors match perfectly with the dell colors.

[ClaMs @ Jan 14th 2008 2:28PM]

what's the key for?

[tiuk @ Jan 14th 2008 2:32PM]

Size comparison, I'd imagine.

[kleid @ Jan 14th 2008 9:52PM]

It's for scratching your name onto it.

[Bweetza @ Jan 14th 2008 2:40PM]

*click*click*click*click*click*

[Somatic @ Jan 14th 2008 2:59PM]

Yes, yes. I remember those days quite fondly.

The days themselves, not the click of death.

[pilot101 @ Jan 14th 2008 2:41PM]

hahah yea it does look like a flask. Its pretty overpriced, when u can get the same thing by buying your own laptop harddrive and buying an enclosure. The main problem is the warranty like this only lasts for a year. So when your hardrive craps out on you after a year ur sol. And with portable harddrives due to it being moved around a lot, there is higher chances of it dying on u. Best bet is get yourself a seagate hardrive not saying they are the best drives around, but you get 5 year warranty.

[nonamo @ Jan 14th 2008 3:01PM]

Any pictures of the other colors?
Bet the 'Alpine White' will be popular at Macworld.

[SteveJ @ Jan 14th 2008 3:06PM]

Does anyone know if a drive like this can be powered from a USB 1.1 port, as opposed to USB 2.0, or will that require a power cord?

[Brian @ Jan 14th 2008 3:39PM]

CDW's product page lists it as "Hi-Speed USB"
so I'm assuming it wants 2.0

[KC @ Jan 14th 2008 3:28PM]

Looks great. But I would rather have one with a "stackable" feature.

[GateCrasherXL @ Jan 14th 2008 5:36PM]

We've been selling these here in the Netherlands for over 2 months now. When I read the headline I thought Iomega was updating those drives to 320GB possibly 500GB.... alas.

[Richard @ Jan 14th 2008 6:48PM]

How in the world can anyone seriously consider purchasing an Iomega product after all the "click of death" trouble Iomega caused with zip drives and zip discs? Didn't you folks have endless trouble with those damned things? Didn't you have to pay a third party to have all your files recovered? Did Iomega issue a press release to apologize for that mess? Did they reimburse us for our having to pay to have our files recovered? I would never entrust Iomega with my files again.

[Sirocco @ Jan 14th 2008 7:52PM]

I cloned my original 20GB onto an 160GB Seagate with 5-yr warranty. Then I got another to act as a slave drive. Beautiful.

[Richard @ Jan 30th 2008 6:45PM]

Sirocco wrote: I cloned my original 20GB onto an 160GB Seagate with 5-yr warranty. Then I got another to act as a slave drive. Beautiful.


Sirocco, you are way more advanced than I am. What you wrote looks interesting but I don't fully understand what you did. Can you please explain it so people who are not as knowledgeable as you are understands what you did? Thanks.