Iomega kicks out two more eGo portable hard drives
By Nilay Patel 
posted Dec 2nd 2008 10:39PM
posted Dec 2nd 2008 10:39PM
The last Iomega eGo drives we saw were notably sleek, but the company's going back to a more bruiser image with the newest in the series -- the Encrypt and BlackBelt once again feature that rubber PowerGrip that cushions the case against impact. As you might expect, the $150 Encrypt features hardware-based 128-bit AES encryption that pops up when the drive is connected to a Windows PC to protect your 320GB of precious memories, while the $120 BlackBelt drops the fancy-pants crypto and just murders out 250GB of storage with a double-black finish and little rubber spikeys. That ought to scare the bad guys away, right? Available now, with the usual assortment of backup utilities you'll just delete anyway.[Via Electronista]
Read - BlackBelt
Read - Encrypt
Rubber spikeys? Where do I sign up?
Sounds like a new type of condom.
Does that mean it has virus protection?
Bondage Edition.
Kinky!
Kinda looks like my old Swatch Watch...
Don't drop this in prison...
Is it just me... or should iomega, erstwhile maker of the only storage devices in recent memory _less_ reliable than floppies, to be dead by now?
Fortunately their modern products seem rather more sound, and not at all prone to dustkills, but they have earned my hatred and shall not likely lose it.
EMC bought the company to use as a consumer brand, and their stuff is pretty solid.
Hard drives in curved enclosures are literally square pegs in round holes.
Wouldn't it be round pegs in square holes...since the drives are circular and the case is squareish?
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!!
Effin' Iomega still around, huh? 9 lives...
Useless software? Retrospect is great at what it does!
Mandatory "Iomega is still around?!" post; it surprises me every time, just like when people mention Real Networks or Palm.