Verbatim’s USB 3.0 Store ‘n’ Go external drives play nice with magnets, your data

We’re guessing from the photo up there that Verbatim is saying your data is safe even if you happen to drop a magnetic paperclip dispenser on it. That’s cool, because we happen to have one of those sitting right here on the desk, and for too long we’ve lived in fear of the thing toppling over and wiping the bits right off of our drives. But, the real talking point here is the interface: Verbatim ‘s first USB 3.0 external storage. It’ll be available in your choice of three sizes, with 500 and 750GB models shipping later this month and a 1TB monster coming in November. Naturally they’re also backwards compatible with last-gen USB but will surely cost well more than those drives who are exclusively down with 2.0. How much more? That we just don’t know right now. Continue reading Verbatim’s USB 3.0 Store ‘n’ Go external drives play nice with magnets, your data Verbatim’s USB 3.0 Store ‘n’ Go external drives play nice with magnets, your data originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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