I/O Magic (www.iomagic.com) has also upped the ante in personal portable storage with its new GigaBank series of portable storage units. Ranging in size from 2.2 GB to 100 GB, these mini drives, like HardTape, offer a "single-touch" data backup capability for those whose primary purpose is to back up a notebook or desktop PC with one of these units.
The 2.2 GB and 4 GB versions of the GigaBank are credit-card sized, while the larger 40, 60, 80, and 100 GB versions are still tiny enough to fit comfortably in your pocket.
Each connects to the PC via a USB port, which also powers the drives, meaning there are no additional power cables to fuss with.
Even the USB cable is "built in" to the drive, sticking out just far enough to make it easy to connect. GigaBank drive prices start at under US$100. Until now, hard drive makers have lacked creativity in devising products that make the ample storage capacities of their tiniest hard drives accessible.
Finally, that's beginning to change, as these product demonstrate, making the lives of the data-dependent just a little bit easier.
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