Seagate, the makers of hard drive accessories for various devices, is about to shake things up for the mobile market with the introduction of the biggest hard drive to-date for Android devices.
The company has announced the Ultra Mobile Hard Drive, which brings a whopping 500 GB of storage space to tablets. The device has been designed for shock resistance and ultra-low power usage — Seagate claims it’s similar to a 64 GB flash drive, though costing a fraction of the price.
The drive, which measures a paltry 2.5 inches around with 0.19 inches thickness and 3.3 ounces in weight, allows storage for more than 125,000 songs, 100,000 photos and 62 hours of high definition video. It’ll also mean better capacity for when 4K video is finally perfected for the mobile front in a few years’ time. This could mean a massive advantage for Android over iOS, and would have a major effect on games and other media used on tablets.
There’s no word yet on the hard drive’s release date, but it’s currently going through the testing phase.
Source: GigaOm
