Western Digital Teases My Passport Wireless External HDD

WD’s inventory of hard drives embraces a large variety of universal handheld models, as well as ultrahigh volume specialized ones. Now the line of products welcomes a new, wireless external drive – My Passport Wireless. Its major peculiarity is the support of Wi-Fi technology that promotes for the usage of its all facilities by varied mobile devices. Official release is scheduled for October, 2014. Pricing will rely upon the volume: up to $129 — for 500 GB model, up to $179 and $219 — for 1 TB and 2 TB models respectively.

Along with wireless interface, My Passport features USB 3.0 port for the connection with PC. It ensures the highest data transfer speed, providing an ideal solution for storage, transfer and backup of operational data, archives, and other content. At the same time, the integration of Wi-Fi adapter allows the drive to create an individual wireless network with up to eight devices enabled. Moreover, MIMO technology is called to dramatically improve wireless operation by enhancing performance and broadcasting up to four HD video channels simultaneously.

The integration of a dedicated socket for SD memory cards is the other whim of manufacturers. It enables trouble-free data transfer from the card directly to the hard drive or a third-party gadget. In addition, it’s possible to connect the drives with wireless video/photo cameras, due to FTP support, and set up automatic saving of all photo/video content.

To continue, WD My Cloud option offers remote control over HDD from enabled gadgets. This utility is also useful for configuring all user’s info (from all gadgets with My Cloud support, from all accounts in cloud services like Google Drive, DropBox, OneDrive) and unite it within a single interface.

In the end, an inbuilt battery ensures up to 6 hours of uninterruptible broadcasting or up to 20 hours of operation in standby mode. This offers additional comfort when on move.