The very fast external hard drive unit comes in a thin and light case

May 16, 2013 08:02 GMT  ·  By

Western Digital is many things, but mainly it is a purveyor of storage products, one that tries to cover all the bases whenever it can.

Thus, it makes hard disk drives, solid-state drives, hybrid drives and optical drives, both internal and external.

The My Passport Ultra is the latest series of portable HDDs, capable of communicating with PCs and other gadgets, like tablets, over the USB 3.0 SuperSpeed interface.

The drive is slim and light, with a black-grey enclosure (or another color, subject to user choice). It is made for people who travel a lot and don't necessarily have much free space on their laptop or tablet.

It also has password protection, so that files can't be accessed that easily in case the My Passport Ultra is lost or stolen.