WD My Passport Special Design for 10th Year Anniversary

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of its My Passport line of portable external HDDs, WD is introducing a new design for the external HDD lines.

More than 60 million My Passport drives have been sold in the past 10 years, providing approximately 42,000PB of content protection for consumers worldwide.

The My Passport Ultra – Metal Edition drive and My Passport Ultra – Anniversary Edition drive represent a decade of refinement for the company’s portable drive line. They feature metal exteriors, up to 2TB capacities in smaller enclosures, content protection, including backup, and cloud integration for anywhere access to personal content.

The Metal and Anniversary Edition drives incorporate a radial-spin-design aluminum enclosure, which provides styling and extra protection against the everyday knocks experienced in the hands of mobile consumer. In addition, the drive offers users hardware encryption and password protection to prevent unauthorized use of the drive in the event of loss or theft. For additional content protection and remote sharing, the Metal Edition drive includes WD SmartWare Pro software with Dropbox integration, allowing users to backup content from their computer to the drive and from the drive to the cloud, and retrieve content from their Dropbox account to the drive. These features make the drive a choice for backing up, protecting, storing and enjoying digital content on the go.

“Ten years is a milestone by any consumer technology standard, and having the opportunity to consistently reinvent a product line like My Passport to suit the changing needs of consumers and creative professionals is something we are especially proud of,” said Tony Tate, VP and GM, WD’s content solutions unit. “We thank all of our customers for their ongoing feedback over the years, which has helped make My Passport the most popular external HDDs ever.“

The Metal Edition drive is available from the WD storem and at select retailers and distributors. The Anniversary Edition drive is anticipated to be available in limited quantities beginning early September 2014.

The Metal Edition 1TB drive has a MSRP of $89.00 (€119.90 with VAT) and 2TB has an MSRP of $139.00 (€179.90 with VAT). Both drives will offer a regional 3-year limited warranty.