By this time, we all should be familiar with the term "cloud" and what it means, and you probably already are using a cloud solution of some kind (either Dropbox, or Windows Live Mesh, or others). What about a personal cloud? A cloud that you can take with you everywhere you go that stores much more data than what you can put up in a Dropbox account. We have previously reviewed a 16GB product from Kingston, but lets take a look at something with a bit more storage. Today we will be looking at the 500GB Seagate GoFlex Satellite external WiFi hard drive, designed to give you access to media, particularly on your mobile devices, wherever you go.Overall and Final Verdict
So what's the catch? The Seagate GoFlex drive retails for $199 for 500GB of storage. Even with the heightened hard drive prices that we recently have seen on the market, that is still a good chunk of money for only that much space. However, there is a lot more technology built into this drive than is built into a standard external drive. Secondly, the battery inside the drive is non-replacable. On a device like the Wi-Drive, that is not as big of a deal because it can be found quite inexpensively online, but with two hundred bucks invested, replacing it might be a bigger pill to swallow.
However, the negatives are far outweighed by the positives. If you travel a lot, have a lot of media you want to take with you, or just like knowing you have several seasons of Top Gear with you wherever you go, then the Seagate GoFlex Satellite drive is for you. Super fast data transfer speeds mixed with the versatile power charging options make this quite a value-packed bargain right out of the box, and Seagate claim that have made this drive extra durable to prevent your data from being injured during an accidental drop. Lastly, with its cross-platform support, Apple fan boys and Android fan boys can share the same device. Maybe world peace can be had, through the personal cloud created by Seagate?
