Mobile My Passport Wireless phones and expand the memory … – Gadzeto Mania

Mobile hard drives, as shown by Western Digital belong to the category of devices, which – although it does not raise as much interest as new smartphones and VR goggles – can really help us life. How do they work and why mention them?

My Passport Series Wireless devices, equipped with its own battery and Wi-Fi module. Thanks to the disk creates a your own wireless network , and its attached devices (up to 8 simultaneously) gain access to the additional space, reaching – depending on model – 500 GB to 2 TB.

Drives are equipped in Wi-Fi 802.11n standard supports MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output). It is a solution for – thanks to multiple antennas – high bandwidth connectivity . In practice, this means that the disk can, for example. Simultaneously stream four movies in HD quality to four different devices.

Built-in rechargeable battery provides six hours of work in data sharing mode and up to 20 hours in standby mode. Importantly, through the mobile application WD My Cloud, disk access is also possible in the case of smartphones and tablets, which seems to be particularly important in situations where a number of such devices is relatively small, internal memory , which is not can be expanded.

An additional advantage of disk is SD card reader, USB 3.0 port and support for FTP . We also know the prices of these devices – 2TB version was priced at 999 and 1 TB for 799 dollars. 500 GB version was priced at the manufacturer’s website for $ 130.