Fujitsu keeps HandyDrive portable HDD line alive with 500GB edition

Father Time isn't slowing things down anytime soon, so it's good to see that Fujitsu is doing its best to keep up. Merely two months after taking the HandyDrive to 400GB, the firm has introduced an all new, totally marvelous 500GB iteration. Featuring the "world's highest capacity 2.5-inch external hard disk drive (likely the MHZ2 BT)," this bus-powered unit hasn't changed a bit in design, but it will hold a half-terabyte of information (in case you missed it the first go 'round). Grab it later this month in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for €229 ($364).

[Via Pocket-lint]

[nizzy1115 @ Jul 14th 2008 10:36PM]

I cant wait for these to come to the US.

[Flashpoint @ Jul 14th 2008 10:40PM]

That's simply not going to be enough to store my porn.

It might however hold all my pirated mp3's.

[phantomo.lui @ Jul 14th 2008 10:55PM]

Nice update but not very fond of "We make your data portable" printing on the case.

[cwm @ Jul 14th 2008 11:02PM]

To properly claim you have the "world's highest capacity 2.5-inch external hard disk drive," wouldn't you need to be the first company to offer it? Other World Computing has already been using 500MB drives in their Mercury On-The-Go external units.

I notice however that OWC
has dropped their price slightly, perhaps because they now have a competitor.

[Fanfoot @ Jul 14th 2008 11:38PM]

Ummm... can't I already put a Samsung 500GB Spinpoint drive into any external USB case and use that? My hip-flask shaped, leather wrapped USB case looks smaller than this thing...

[Anonymous Coward @ Jul 15th 2008 1:15AM]

hey look.. another iphone knock-off... oh wait..

[Yuriy @ Jul 16th 2008 12:21AM]

what about Verbatim and Buffalo for around $250? same 500Gb and for sell already

[neofolklore @ Jul 15th 2008 9:22AM]

bus powered means no power cable right?