The mobile, easy-to-use and secure Iomega Mini USB 2.0 drive makes transporting and sharing data faster and easier than ever with high speed USB 2.0 transfer rates. Simply plug it into any computer's USB port and take your files anywhere you go.
Amsterdam, February 9, 2004 - Iomega Corporation today announced the availability of the newly redesigned Iomega Mini USB 2.0 Drive in EMEA.
Delivering high speed and professional features, the new Iomega Mini USB 2.0 Drive is the perfect solution for road warriors that need high-speed portable storage that is secure and easy to customize.
"People like to carry their files on them, knowing they can find a USB connector on just about any computer," said Chris Maddox, product manager, Iomega Corporation. "The redesigned Iomega Mini USB 2.0 Drive, in capacities of 128MB, 256MB and 512MB, is the ideal storage key product for the professional that's on the go."
According to analysts, the worldwide market for solid-state USB key drives is expected to grow by over 500 percent* in 2004.
New Industrial Design
The new Iomega Mini USB 2.0 Drive is wrapped in a sleek, silver package that is both functional and striking. The redesigned drive cap now locks in place, with a swing arm, for added security. The drive itself includes a mini-window that lets users customize their drive with a photo or label.
Professional Features
The new Iomega Mini USB 2.0 Drive uses top-of-the-line components to enable high data transfers of up to nine times faster than drives based on the USB
1.1 standard technology. Anyone routinely handling presentations, graphics, photos, music and videos will notice a huge improvement in file transfer rates with the new Iomega Mini USB 2.0 Drive.
Like all Iomega USB Drives, the Iomega Mini USB 2.0 Drive operates without cables, adaptors, or power supply. The Iomega Mini USB 2.0 Drive is plug-and-play compatible with Windows Me, 2000, and XP; Linux 2.4.1 and above, and Mac OS 9.0 and above.
The Iomega Active Disk Software Advantage Iomega Mini USB Drives support Active Disk powered software, allowing users to transport completely portable software applications that will run on any compatible PC. Active Disk titles launch automatically, won't clutter the hard drive, and leave no trace on the host PC (the Active Disk driver itself is a one-time automatic install). Over 80 Active Disk applications, games, and utilities are available for download at the Iomega Web site, http://www.iomega-activedisk.com, including Microsoft Reader, MusicMatch Jukebox, StuffIt and Active Disk Powered Windows XP Moving Tool.
Availability & Pricing
The new Iomega Mini USB 2.0 Drives are now available for:
128MB: 79 Euro
256MB: 129 Euro
512MB: 229 Euro
New price drops for Iomega Mini USB 1.0 Drives:
128MB: 59 Euro
256MB: 99 Euro
About Iomega
Iomega Corporation provides easy-to-use, high value storage solutions to help people protect, secure, capture and share their valuable digital information. Iomega's award-winning storage products include the popular Zip 100MB, 250MB and 750MB drives, high-performance Iomega HDD External Hard Drives in portable, desktop and network configurations, Iomega Mini USB Drives, Iomega external CD-RW drives, Iomega DVD drives and the Iomega Floppy USB-Powered Drive. Iomega simplifies data protection and sharing at home and in the workplace with Iomega Automatic Backup software, Iomega Sync software, HotBurn(r) CD-recording software, and Active Disk technology. For networks, Iomega NAS servers offer capacities of 160GB to 2TB. For unlimited capacity and anytime, anywhere access, Iomega offers iStorage secure online storage. Businesses or consumers may also contract for a comprehensive data recovery services solution for recovering lost data due to hardware failure, file corruption or media damage. The Company can be reached on the Web at http://www.iomega-europe.com .
*Compressed capacity assuming 2.6:1 data compression with "high"
compression on Iomega Automatic Backup software. This capacity may vary since compression is data and software dependent. 1 GB equals 1 billion bytes.
Voor meer informatie:
Suzanne van de Raadt
020 346 2000
svanderaadt@nl.brodeur.com