You might have seen Seagate’s FreeAgent Go portable hard drives. Sleek and ultra-thin, they really are no different than any other hard drive. But with the DockStar Network Adapter, you’re hard drive can stay at home but be with you remotely as long as you’ve got an Internet connection.
You’re saying to yourself, “This sounds like a similar thing from Pogoplug,” and you’d be right. Seagate is using the same technology licensed from Cloud Engine and uses an Web-based interface to access the data on the drive. What your buying is the dock shown above on the left. The hard drive is optional but obviously necessary.
Users of the dock can also place linked pictures and video onto MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter from the DockStar. The adapter comes with the first year of the Pogoplug service included. After that, the service costs $29.99 a year for unlimited storage and access.
Buy the Seagate FreeAgent DockStar Network Adapter for $80 from Amazon
Buy Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB hard drive for $107 from Amazon
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