14 DAY TRIAL // Although Sanho was quite in a bit of legal trouble with Apple over their HyperMac external battery line, that's not apparently stopping the company from releasing even more products targeting specifically the various products manufactured by the company from Cupertino, California, the latest to make their official debut being the 2'nd generation HyperDrive Hard Drive for iPad, that's just been officially revealed during Macworld 2011. Similar to its predecessor, the HyperDrive storage solution can be connected to an iPad directly via the Apple Camera Connection Kit, this new version enabling users to browse and transfer up to 1TB of video and photo content, using only their Apple iPad (not even a jailbroken one, if we might add).
The device has quite a slim design and looks just like most other external HDDs out there, except for the fact that it comes packed with 2 x mini USB ports, one for connecting to the computer to function as a normal USB hard drive and the other to connect to the iPad via the Apple Camera Connection Kit.
Moreover, the second generation HyperDrive makes use of the same technological innovation brought forth by the original, namely the fact that all the storage space is partitioned in 32GB modules, in order to be supported by the iPad directly.
"HyperDrive iPad Hard Drive lets you carry your entire HD movie and photo library with your iPad," says Daniel Chin, president of Sanho Corporation. "HyperDrive is as compact as your portable USB hard drive and yet at capacities up to 1TB, can hold more data than your laptop," he adds.
"The iPad is the perfect media player but its capacities are limited and it requires a computer and iTunes to transfer media to the iPad. HyperDrive releases the iPad from this restriction and truly turns it into a media consuming device," Mr. Chin concludes.
The new HyperDrive Hard Drive for iPad is slated to become available in March 2011 and is available for pre-order now either as a simply enclosure for $99, or in a 320GB model for $199, 500GB version for $249, 640GB HDD for $299, 750GB flavor for $349 and finally a 1TB model for $399.