LaCie Launches Micro-Sized External Drives

LaCie and Samsung announced the end results of their
collaboration in implementing 1.3-inch hard disk technology for LaCie
micro storage devices. Available in 30GB or 40GB versions, LaCie will
be offering its smallest Little Disk yet, as well as an update to the
popular credit card sized USB Key Max. Both products are USB 2.0
powered and include their very own connection cable for true on-the-go
mobility in an ultra compact form.

The Samsung 1.3-inch drive was designed to be the most
efficient use of capacity per volume, while its size is equal to that
of Compact Flash II cards. The development of such technology allowed
LaCie to overcome current size limitations and to achieve innovative
design with massive storage capacities for pocket-sized devices.

“The development of these small products was enabled due to Samsung’s
new 1.3-inch technology that offers a small footprint with vast
capacity improvement,” said Nolwenn Rozen, LaCie Mobile Product
Manager. “By using this technology in these new mobile offerings, LaCie
was able to see an increase in maximum capacity from 12GB to 40GB.”

“In the early 2000s, other hard drive vendors introduced
1-inch drives, and due to low demand, couldn’t gain traction in the
mobile application market,” said TJ Lee, Samsung VP, sales and
marketing team in Storage System Division. “However, in step with the
surging growth of multimedia contents and the rapidly changing mobile
environment, Samsung chose to design 1.3-inch as a new form factor,
which has been very successful in mass production. Samsung is pleased
to see LaCie embrace this new technology in these new products.”

With easy plug-and-play installation, the 1.3-inch Little Disk and USB
Key Max could not be any simpler to use. The devices are driver-free
and are compatible with any computer running Windows 2000, XP, Vista,
Mac OS X 10.2 or higher or Linux 2.4 or 2.6. The devices are
preformatted FAT32 for cross platform versatility.

The devices come preloaded with LaCie’s ‘1-Click’ Backup Software for
PC and Mac and SilverKeeper Backup Software for Mac to regularly back
up data. Also bundled for Windows is LaCieSync synchronization and
encryption software that syncs updated files, emails, or personal
settings to your office or home computer. For added security AES
128-bit encryption keep data safe from unwanted eyes.

LaCie’s new 1.3-inch Little Disk and USB Key Max, with
capacities up to 40GB, can hold approximately 36,000 digital photos,
12,000 songs (MP3 files), or 60 hours DVD quality video.

Both the 1.3-inch Little Disk and the USB Key Max are available now.

Suggested retail price with VAT (in France)