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SimpleTech SimpleDrive SP-U35/500 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive (designed by Pininfarina)

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Brand: SimpleTech
Category: CE

List Price: ~~$89.99~~
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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

117 reviews
Sales Rank: 790

Color: Onyx
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Hard Drive Size: 500
Connectivity: USB
Size: 500 GB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5 x 2.3
Capacity Meter
One Click Backup Button
Free 2GB myfabrik.com account for online backup and sharing of photos, video, documents
Warranty: 1 year warranty

MPN: SP-U35/500
Model: SP-U35/500
UPC: 705487167375
EAN: 0705487167375
ASIN: B000NF6ZK6

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	Stylish, external 500 GB Hard Drive with USB 2.0 connection
•	Stylish design by Ferrari designer Pininfarina
•	Built-in slot for Kensington security lock
•	Backed by 1-year warranty and unlimited technical support
•	Measures 5.0 x 1.50 x 8.25 inches (WxHxD)

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The sleek lines and ultra-low profile styling of this SimpleDrive were designed by Pinifarina, the very same design firm that gives Ferrari sports cars their stylish lines.Don't let its beauty fool you. SimpleDrive is a high-performance external hard drive ideal for storing and backing up your music, video, photos and more.

Amazon.com Product Description
Thanks to the sleek, low-profile styling by famed Italian car designer Pininfarina, the SimpleDrive Desktop USB 2.0 External Hard Drive isn't just another external hard drive. The recipient of the same magic design touch and attention to fine details that helped turn Ferrari and Maserati into icons of the automotive world, the SimpleDrive Desktop will help turn your work space into a virtual art display while offering you up to 500 GB of backup storage for your computer files.

The SimpleTech SimpleDrive^TM offers:

Slick Ferrari-inspired design by Pininfarina.
High-speed USB 2.0 interface for data transfer at up to 480 Mbps.
Fabrik Ultimate Backup^TM for 2 GB of free secure online storage.
1-year warranty.

The SimpleDrive was designed Pininfarina of Ferrari fame. View larger.

Ferrari-Inspired Low-Profile Design for your Desk
Get used to the staring when your colleagues visit your desk. This compact and elegant onyx black drive is as much a piece of fine art as a piece of robust hardware. But don't let the looks fool you. Beneath its cool and sleek exterior is a robust, high-capacity, single-drive solution that gives you the ability to store and backup tons of music, videos, photos and documents in a small footprint.

Featuring plug and play simplicity, and Mac and PC compatibility, the SimpleDrive Desktop features a hi-speed USB 2.0 interface for fast transfer of data at up to a 480 Mb/sec data transfer rate. Whether you want to increase the capacity of your desktop, or back up your valuable files quickly and securely, the SimpleDrive Desktop will perform for you with style. A built-in Kensington security lock lets you lock down your drive while you're away, and a built-in capacity meter keeps you abreast of your storage situation at all times.

Powerful Local and Online Backup Options
The SimpleDrive Desktop includes two backup options that will keep your mind at ease about your important data. With the included OneClick backup software, you have the option of either backing up and protecting all your files and folders, or selected ones, with a single click, or automatically. Either way, you'll have the peace of mind knowing your digital world is safe and protected.

But for the ultimate in protection, the SimpleDrive Desktop also offers the Fabrik Ultimate Backup solution that uploads your files to a secure, online server that will protect your data from real-world mishaps and offer near-real time protection without bogging down your computer. Fabrik's Ultimate Backup allows you to store up to 2 GB for free on one of its 448-bit encrypted servers, and for just a few dollars a month, you get unlimited capacity to securely store all of your important files and media collections offsite. Acting just like the drive's local backup software, you simply set Fabrik Ultimate Backup once, and it automatically and regularly backs up your content behind the scenes.

The capacity meter shows you how much space is left at a quick glance. View larger.

All backups, to the external drive or online service, are unobtrusive. Once your initial content has uploaded, the software performs incremental backups, so only the smallest amount of data that has been changed or modified in your files will be updated. (Although the SimpleDrive Desktop is both Mac and PC compatible, at this time the Fabrik Ultimate Backup solution is only available for Windows-based computers.)

To keep your content private and confidential, all files are encrypted with 128-bit SSL encryption while in transit, with an option for a private encryption key. Fabrik's offsite 448-bit Blowfish encrypted servers are housed by a Fortune 500 company, ensuring file protection, security and peace of mind. So no matter what happens to your drive--a curious toddler, a spilled drink or natural disaster--your irreplaceable photos, music, videos and files will be safe and secure both offsite and online.

The SimpleDrive Desktop measures a scant 1.50 x 8.25 x 5.0 (WxLxD), is backed by a 1-year warranty, and comes with free, unlimited technical support.

What's in the Box
3.5 SimpleDrive Desktop External Hard Drive with One-Click Backup Software, USB 2.0 Cable, AC Adapter, Resource CD, and Quick Install Guide.

The SimpleDrive comes in different storage capacities for every need.

Customer Reviews: Read 112 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Great drive for backup w/ sleek design. August 20, 2007
Arun (Washington, DC USA)
90 out of 95 found this review helpful

A while back I got a great deal on this 500GB hard drive (not at Amazon). The drive is very sleek and comes in cool colors. I have the black unit and matches in well with the rest of my PC and A/V components. I use this drive as an external archiving device for my Dish Network (DN) ViP622 HD receiver. Recently, DN has enabled this feature on their ViPs. I was coming close to filling up the DVR and this simple and painless upgrade has been awesome. The receiver detected the SimpleTech with ease, formated the drive in 2 minutes, and from that point on I have about 490 GB worth of extra DVR space. Playing archived video either in SD or HD format is no different vs. playing direct from the receiver. Outstanding quality/no complaints! This drive comes in 750GB and 1TB capacities and should be a worthy upgrade for PC/Mac backup as well. FYI, There is another variation of this unit with also a FireWire port.

5 out of 5 stars

Good External Hard Drive November 22, 2007
M. Manzo (California, USA)
19 out of 20 found this review helpful

I needed an external hard drive as my pathetic 80 gig hard drive I'd been using for the past 3 years was bursting at it's seams. So After looking around I saw this model on sale at Best Buy for $95.99, couldn't go wrong there, since it was 320 GIGS, it was a steel. Racing home, I pulled it out of the box, and lets get some things out of the way right now:

1. It has an on/off switch (yeah!)
2. The USB cable is really short. (About 2-3 feet)
3. It has a separate plug for the power supply. (Less drain on your USB).

After straining with the short USB cord, I found a good setup on my desktop. Plugged it into the USB port, and plugged the power cord into the wall. Turned it on, and BAM! 320 Gigs added to the computer. No hassle. It is quiet, and very fast.

I've only run into one small nuisance, it occasionally goes into sleep mode when not being used, and it takes about 6 seconds to start working again when waking up, so lets say it goes to sleep, and then you go to your computer, click on an mp3 file, you must wait for it to start up again before the file will play. But this only happens rarely.

The light on the top spins clockwise whenever you are loading something off the hard drive, this looks cool, but may be an annoyance to those who don't like giant spinning lights.

Overall, this is an excellent, dependable, fast hard drive, and by the way, it looks freakin awesome.

5 out of 5 stars

Small, sleek and roomy January 3, 2008
Amy R. (Greenville, SC)
18 out of 20 found this review helpful

This is a small sleek and roomy external hard drive. If you are like most people these days, you have so many programs and so little room left on your computer's hard drive after installation especially if you have a large Itunes library like myself. It makes the whole computer sluggish. An external hard drive is a must have in order to backup important files and to keep your computer running at a quicker pace. Simple tech offers a sleek and light hard drive with a 320 GB capacity that can meet all your needs. It is not noisy and is easy to install and use. In another review, they stated that there were no instructions. Actually, there are instructions which are on the enclosed disk and can be opened with Adobe Reader. The setup software is preloaded on the hard drive and all you have to do is go to "computer" on your computer's menu and click on the external drive and bring up the setup menu. Once it is setup and the computer restarted, the program can be accessed their the program menu. I looked around and compared brands and prices and this was an excellent bargain for the amount of its storage capacity.

5 out of 5 stars

Very useful! November 14, 2007
B. Curiel Velazquez (California, USA)
22 out of 27 found this review helpful

I bought this to backup my movies and tv shows downloads. I thought that it would be a little slow to watch the videos straight from it because... well... because it's an external device. However, that was not a problem!! I can watch my videos directly from the Simpletech without compromising speed!!! It was a great buy!!!

5 out of 5 stars

It's a lifesaver December 14, 2007
V. Coccaro (Bay City Michigan)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

This is a very good external Hard Drive for the money. It is fast and for the most part it is trouble free. The only "problem" I have had is that every so often it does not show up in "my computer." When that happens I just turn the power switch off and then back on and this forces windows to "see it" and it shows back up in "my computer." I have had to reformat my internal hard drives once since I got this external drive. It was a lifesaver because I had backed up all of my pictures and important files on the simpletech. I just used "Drag and Drop" to do my backups and restore also. Very Good external drive. Highly recommended.