Sydney, Australia \u2013 04 August, 2009 – WD today announced two new mobile hard drives that reach new capacity extremes. The highlight is a one terabyte model \u2013 the industry\u2019s highest-capacity 2.5-inch drive available. Industry-leading 333 GB-per-platter technology enables the new WD Scorpio\u00ae Blue\u2122 SATA 2.5-inch hard drives to offer mobile storage device and notebook users an enormous 1 TB capacity. A 750 GB WD Scorpio Blue model also will be available.<\/p>\n
The WD Scorpio Blue 750 GB and 1 TB hard drives have a 12.5 mm form factor\u00a0 and are ideally suited for use in portable storage solutions, such as the newly released My Passport\u2122 Essential\u2122 SE Portable USB Drives. Other applications include select notebooks and small form factor desktop PCs, where quiet and cool operation are important. Both WD Scorpio Blue drives deliver high-performance with a 3 gigabits per second (Gb\/s) transfer rate.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe convergence of the growing mobile computing and digital media trends produces demand for desktop-like capacities in portable devices,\u201d said Jim Morris, senior vice president and general manager of client systems at WD. \u201cOur new WD Scorpio Blue drives enable people to take even more of their digital collections with them wherever they go and, realizing the value of their data, back up their notebooks on their My Passport drives.\u201d
\nWD Scorpio Blue hard drives offer high-performance, low power consumption and cool operation in portable applications.\u00a0 They are designed with WD features to be reliable and shock resistant while also delivering industry-leading capacity and performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
WD Scorpio Blue Features
\nWhisperDrive\u2122 – WD’s exclusive WhisperDrive technology combines state-of-the-art seeking algorithms to produce one of the quietest 2.5-inch drives available.
\nShockGuard\u2122 – Leading-edge ShockGuard technology combines firmware and hardware advancements to meet the highest combined shock tolerance specifications required for mobile and notebook applications.
\nSecurePark\u2122 – Parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface, resulting in improved long-term reliability due to less head wear and improved shock tolerance.<\/p>\n
Product and Pricing Summary About WD Western Digital, WD, the WD logo and WD Scorpio are registered trademarks in the U.S. and other countries; Blue, My Passport, Essential, SecurePark, ShockGuard and WhisperDrive are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks herein are property of their respective owner. As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment.\u00a0 As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB\/s) = one million bytes per second, and gigabit per second (Gb\/s) = one billion bits per second.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n EDITOR\u2019S NOTES: Sydney, Australia \u2013 04 August, 2009 – WD today announced two new mobile hard drives that reach new capacity extremes. The highlight is a one terabyte model \u2013 the industry\u2019s highest-capacity 2.5-inch drive available. Industry-leading 333 GB-per-platter technology enables the new WD Scorpio\u00ae Blue\u2122 SATA 2.5-inch hard drives to offer mobile storage device and notebook<\/p>\n
\nManufacturer: Western Digital
\nProduct Name: WD Scorpio Blue 750 GB (model WD7500KEVT) and 1 TB (model WD10TEVT)
\nRRP for 750 GB: AU$229 , NZ$299
\nRRP for 1 TB: AU$339 , NZ$429
\nWebsite: http:\/\/www.westerndigital.com<\/a>
\nProduct link and Photos: http:\/\/www.wdc.com\/en\/products\/Products.asp?DriveID=685<\/a>.
\nAustralian Distributors: Synnex Australia, Achieva Australia
\nNew Zealand Distributors: Ingram Micro NZ, Synnex NZ, VST
\nAvailability: Now
\nWarranty:\u00a0 3-year limited warranty.<\/p>\n
\nWD, one of the storage industry’s pioneers and long-time leaders, provides products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and use digital information. The company designs and produces reliable, high-performance hard drives and solid state drives that keep users’ data accessible and secure from loss. Its advanced technologies are configured into applications for client and enterprise computing, embedded systems and consumer electronics, as well as its own consumer storage and media products.
\nWD was founded in 1970. The company’s storage products are marketed to leading OEMs, systems manufacturers, selected resellers and retailers under the Western Digital\u00ae and WD\u00ae brand names. Visit the Investor section of the company’s Web site (www.westerndigital.com<\/a>) to access a variety of financial and investor information.<\/p>\n
\nWD product photos: http:\/\/www.westerndigital.com\/en\/company\/branding\/digitalphotos.asp<\/a>#
\nProduct Spec Sheets: http:\/\/www.wdc.com\/en\/products\/index.asp?cat=685<\/a>
\nEditorial review samples may be requested via WD\u2019s Web site: http:\/\/www.westerndigital.com\/en\/company\/pr\/eval_request.asp<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"