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FreeAgent data movers

From Seagate, is a new family of data storage devices designed for college students, mobile consumers and business professionals

Features: Seagate has introduced a new family of devices called FreeAgent data movers in India.

With the launch of the new product, Seagate has moved beyond traditional "storage in a box," keeping consumers not only connected to their content, but also to their desktop computing environment including Internet favourites, email and more from wherever they are.

Leading the pack is the FreeAgent Pro data movers, available in 320GB, 500GB, 750GB sizes. Others include FreeAgent Go and FreeAgent Desktop.

“Our FreeAgent family of data movers is an exquisite offering of storage solutions, both beautiful and functional, blending aesthetics and digital content management tools into a seamless device for work or home,” said Rajesh Khurana, country manager for India and SAARC at Seagate.

FreeAgent Pro allows consumers to automatically synchronize content they select wherever they want it – like automatically transferring your latest project files to a flash drive, copying email and contacts from Microsoft Outlook to an iPod or quickly syncing an entire ‘My Documents’ folders to the FreeAgent Pro, he added.

Designed for college students, mobile consumers and business professionals, the new Seagate FreeAgent Go provide, freedom to carry your computing environment with you – including Web favorites, passwords and settings, IM, email, contacts and digital files – without having to haul around laptop or desktop PC. Simply plug a FreeAgent Go data mover into any Windows computer’s USB 2.0 port at work, the airport, or at a business center to have personal computing experience.

The third product FreeAgent Desktop is designed for a broad array of computer users, from corporate and small business professionals to prosumers and students, It provides simple add-on storage for people to gather and access their content in one place. They are PC and Mac compatible with a USB 2.0 interface for easy connection.

Seagate has appointed Fortune Marketing Pvt. Ltd as distributor of the product in India.

Price: The retail price in India for the FreeAgent Pro is Rs 9200/- for 320GB, Rs13,750/- for 500 GB and Rs18,400/- for 750GB for the standard combo module; and Rs 10,900/- (320GB), Rs 14,500/- (500 GB) and Rs 19,700/- (750GB) for the dual FireWire 400 version.

The FreeAgent Go is priced at Rs 5980/- for 80 GB, Rs 7700/- for 250 GB and Rs 9200/- for 500 GB.

The FreeAgent Desktop is priced between Rs 7500/- to Rs 1,000/- in Indian market.