Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today introduced the Toshiba Canvio Desk Desktop External Hard Drive, a high capacity storage device that saves significant work space with its small compact design. In addition, the company unveiled a 2.5-inch internal Solid State Hybrid Drive, offering an easy upgrade for notebook owners looking to speed up their PC.
“The Canvio Desk Desktop External Hard Drive offers enhanced features, great performance and generous storage capacity in a versatile and compact design set to match any office space,” said Maciek Brzeski, vice president of product marketing and development, Branded Storage Products, Toshiba Digital Products Division. “In addition, our new 2.5-inch Solid State Hybrid Drive for notebooks is a perfect upgrade for people looking to extend the life of their laptop with more storage and speed.”
With up to 5TB of storage capacity, this device allows users to store up to 1,315,000 songs, 1,428,000 photos or 4,110 movies. Featuring a built-in USB 3.0 interface, the Canvio Desk Desktop External Hard Drive significantly improves file transfer performance for large media files while minimalizing the wait time for back-up. The Canvio Desk is supported both in horizontal and vertical orientation – allowing it to fit perfectly in any home or office space.
With NTI® Backup Now EZ™ software, the Toshiba Canvio Desk Desktop External Hard Drive has the ability to scan computer systems and recommend the best comprehensive coverage. This also allows users the ability to restore any file that is saved on their computers. In addition, this device provides password-protected data encryption to ensure that backup files are safe from unauthorized access.
Backed by a three-year limited warranty, Toshiba Canvio Desk Desktop External Hard Drive delivers Toshiba’s high quality standard offering reliable high capacity add-on storage and backup solution with the latest USB technology.
2.5-inch Internal Solid State Hybrid Drive Offers Easy and Speedy Upgrade to Existing Notebooks
Toshiba’s notebook 2.5-inch Internal Solid State Hybrid Drives provide a convenient and reliable way to upgrade every major brand of notebook computer. Toshiba combines its proven and reliable hard drive and NAND technology with a Serial ATA interface to provide increased performance, capacity and compatibility.
The Toshiba Solid State Hybrid Drive delivers SSD-like performance and responsiveness by combining NAND flash and innovative, self-learning algorithms with up to 1TB of storage capacity in a compact series of 2.5-inch hard drives. Compatible with most notebooks, Toshiba’s internal solid-state hybrid drive offers a fast, convenient and reliable way to upgrade a notebook’s capacity and performance.
This device provides both the speed and performance of a SSD and the large storage capacity of a HDD. It is the perfect device for gamers looking to significantly decrease their loading game time or for the application intensive user.
Pricing and Availability
The Toshiba Canvio Desk Desktop External Hard Drive is currently available for purchase at select retailers and on toshiba.com/us/storage for $249.99 MRSP for the 4TB model and $299.99 MSRP for the 5TB model.
The Toshiba Notebook 2.5” Internal Solid State Hybrid Drive is currently available for purchase at select retailers and on toshiba.com/us/storage for $129.99 MSRP for the 500GB model and $179.99 MSRP for the 1TB model.
