Hi David,

You are aware that The Seagate GoFlex portable hard drive 500GB

" The one downside to using the GoFlex Satellite is that, unlike the Kingston 
Wi-Drive, you can't connect to the Internet while you're connected to the 
Satellite.
 It's a bummer considering the connected nature of the iPad."

<http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/storage/seagate-goflex-satellite.aspx>

<http://forwardthinking.pcmag.com/hard-drives/291140-the-kingston-wi-drive-a-slim-way-to-expand-your-tablet-storage>

<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388571,00.asp>

Cheers,
Ronni
Sent from Ronni's iPad

On 26/04/2012, at 4:39 PM, David Wood <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Peter,  I am interested in the Seagate Goflex Satellite as well.... 
> depends what you read on the reviews, Cnet doesn't much like it but I have 
> read reviews from the US where people are raving about it, especially multi 
> iPad families.
> 
> I am going to give it a go.... best price I have seen so far is $205 at 
> BigW...... cheaper in the US of course....$169 at Walmart and $179 at B&H New 
> York.
> 
> D.
> 
> 
> On 25/04/2012, at 1:19 PM, Peter Sealy wrote:
> 
> I have an iPAD 2 and am considering purchase of an external storage unit such 
> as the Seagate GoFlex Satellite or Kingston Wi-Drive. There are quite a few 
> of these devices on the market now and I am asking whether any of the gurus 
> here use any of them.
> 
> Any comments, road tests, pluses/minuses, etc? Comments I have seen on places 
> such as Amazon on all of these units seem very mixed.
> 
> Appreciate any views.
> 
> .............................
> 
> Peter Sealy
> Thurgoona AUSTRALIA
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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