Toshiba introduced the 2.5-inch Portable Hard Drive 3 TB. This makes the company one of the first manufacturers to bring to market a device of this volume in a portable form factor. Drives were named Canvio Basics and Canvio Connect II.
Both devices are compatible with the Windows operating system directly "out of the box", ie no additional manipulation of the installation will not have to spend. In addition, the Canvio Connect II realized the possibility of opening access to user data to a PC, smartphone or tablet when connected to the Internet.
Canvio Connect II drives also allow you to store data in the cloud. The user can rely on the 10 GB of free cloud space. The package includes preinstalled software for remote access, and backup and driver NTFS.
External 3.5-inch drive Canvio Desk can offer more storage space - up to 6 TB. USB 3.0 interface helps you to quickly copy the necessary files.
Specifications Toshiba Canvio Basics:
- Capacity: up to 3 TB;
- Interface: USB 3.0 (compatible with USB 2.0);
- data transfer rate of up to 5 GB / s;
- size of the device capacity of 500 GB / 750 GB / 1 TB: 119 mm (L) x 79 mm (W) x 15 mm (H);
- size of the device 2 TB / 3 TB: 119 mm (L) x 79 mm (W) x 20,5 mm (H);
- color: black.
System requirements for Toshiba Canvio Basics:
- OS Windows 8.1 / Windows 8 / Windows 7;
- processor with 750 MHz or higher, 10 MB of free space on the system drive, 256 MB of RAM;
- Interface USB 2.0 or USB 3.0.
Specifications Toshiba Canvio Connect II:
- Capacity: up to 3 TB;
- Interface: USB 3.0 (compatible with USB 2.0);
- data transfer rate of up to 5 GB / s;
- size of the device capacity of 500 GB / 1 TB: 109 mm (L) x 78 mm (W) x 14 mm (H);
- size of the device capacity of 2 TB / 3 TB: 109 mm (D) 78 mm (W) x 19,5 mm (B).
System requirements for Toshiba Canvio Connect II:
- OS Windows 8.1 / Windows 8 / Windows 7; Apple Mac OS X 10.9, 10.8, 10.7, 10.6.6 - 10.6.8;
- processor with 750 MHz or 10 MB of free space on the system drive, 256 MB of RAM;
- free USB 3.0 port or USB 2.0.
Specifications Toshiba Canvio Desk:
- Capacity: up to 6 TB;
- Interface: USB 3.0 (compatible with USB 2.0);
- data transfer rate of up to 5 GB / s (via USB 3.0);
- size (mm): 129 (L) X 42 (W) X 167 (B);
- color: black.
System Requirements Toshiba Canvio Desk:
- OS Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, requires formatting to work with the operating system Mac OS X (Mac OS X 10.4, ~ 10.8);
- available USB 2.0 port or USB 3.0.
Portable Hard Drives Canvio Basics and Canvio Connect II 3 TB capacity will be available in April in several colors. Canvio Desk 6 TB capacity will be available in May of this year.
