Iomega kicks out two more eGo portable hard drives

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

[Connor @ Dec 2nd 2008 10:47PM]

Rubber spikeys? Where do I sign up?

[ProjecT TimeZ @ Dec 2nd 2008 10:48PM]

Sounds like a new type of condom.

[page87 and counting @ Dec 3rd 2008 1:17AM]

Does that mean it has virus protection?

[BigD145 @ Dec 2nd 2008 10:48PM]

Bondage Edition.

[-slycooper_rocker- (lorddshadow the amazing) psn: shahanasalam @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:00AM]

Kinky!

[idiocy_glanders @ Dec 2nd 2008 10:52PM]

Kinda looks like my old Swatch Watch...

[Taylor @ Dec 2nd 2008 11:16PM]

Don't drop this in prison...

[Benson @ Dec 2nd 2008 11:52PM]

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.

[telepheedian @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:03AM]

EMC bought the company to use as a consumer brand, and their stuff is pretty solid.

[decapitor @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:06AM]

Hard drives in curved enclosures are literally square pegs in round holes.

[Jonah @ Dec 3rd 2008 1:33AM]

Wouldn't it be round pegs in square holes...since the drives are circular and the case is squareish?

[page87 and counting @ Dec 3rd 2008 1:56AM]

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!!

[AJ in the East Bay @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:41AM]

Effin' Iomega still around, huh? 9 lives...

[Chris @ Dec 3rd 2008 8:38AM]

Useless software? Retrospect is great at what it does!

[crsh @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:20AM]

Mandatory "Iomega is still around?!" post; it surprises me every time, just like when people mention Real Networks or Palm.