Product Specifications
| General | |
| Brand: | Freecom |
| Item Height : | 13 millimetres |
| Item Width: | 8 centimetres |
| Hard Drive | |
| Hard Drive Interface: | USB 2.0 |
Technical Details
- The world's smallest 2.5" external hard drive
- Compact size, fits easily into your pocket
- 27% smaller in volume than the closest competitor
- Designed with unique form-fi tting injection moulded rubber for optimal grip
- Including compact sized USB Cable, no "cable mess" anymore inside your bag!
- Buspowered, no need to carry a bulky AC adapter
- Excellent value for money
- No cooling fan, ensures quiet operation
- The perfect storage extension for your notebook or desktop computer
- Perfectly suited for making easy "drag & drop" backups of your important files
- High quality and sleek design, only 109.8 x 79.5 x 13.5 mm
- Weighs not much more than a mobile phone
- One year manufacturer's warranty and unlimited free helpdesk support
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Manufacturer's Description
Compact storage on the go!
Whether you are a professional or a home user, these days being able to carry your valuable data with you is essential. The new Mobile Drive XXS is your perfect companion: ultra compact and extremely easy to use - this USB 2.0 powered portable hard drive makes transporting and sharing data easier than ever. Simply plug the Mobile Drive XXS, with its conveniently small USB cable, into any computer's USB port and take your spreadsheets, documents, movies, photos or music anywhere you go.
The Freecom Mobile Drive XXS is the latest development in Freecom's ongoing pursuit of making storage more accessible, useable and convenient. The 'enclosure' is made out of rubber which will give you grip when holding the drive in your hand. It also comes with a compact sized USB Cable - all you need to connect and use the Mobile Drive XXS on your notebook or PC. Gone are the days where multiple connection cables create a mess when stuff ed inside your notebook bag. The Mobile Drive XXS is USB bus powered, no additional, long cables or power adapters are needed to use the drive.
The Mobile Drive XXS, the world's smallest 2.5" hard drive, is a no-nonsense mobile hard drive, which has all you need for easy and reliable expansion of your storage needs. At Freecom we design products for your needs. Free your mind!
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
42 of 42 people found the following review helpful
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The Freecom Mobile Drive XXS 320GB is a wonderful piece of hardware. Theres no need for software, just plug into a USB 2.0 port and transfer your data. Copying 50mb of music files took around 15 seconds (on a PC running Windows Vista).
The tiny (and I mean tiny) hard-drive is encased in a black rubber case. The drive is powered by USB, so no power-leads required, and the drive is silent, with no fan.
Did I say it was tiny! This drive is perfect for use with your laptop, as conventional portable hard-drives are too big to store in your laptop bag. So backing up important laptop data has never been easier (what do you mean, you've not backed up your laptop data!).
The only minor grip (and it is minor) is that the USB lead is also tiny. But most people will have a spare USB lead that they can use.
The tiny (and I mean tiny) hard-drive is encased in a black rubber case. The drive is powered by USB, so no power-leads required, and the drive is silent, with no fan.
Did I say it was tiny! This drive is perfect for use with your laptop, as conventional portable hard-drives are too big to store in your laptop bag. So backing up important laptop data has never been easier (what do you mean, you've not backed up your laptop data!).
The only minor grip (and it is minor) is that the USB lead is also tiny. But most people will have a spare USB lead that they can use.
53 of 55 people found the following review helpful
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** UPDATE TO THIS PRODUCT REVIEW **
OK - 12 months and 3 days later.
DEAD, contacted support, they suggested that there wasn't enough power, tried it on 2 other computers, and on a powered USB hub, still dead, support stopped bothering to reply to my emails after that!
So, cheap as chips, but obviously a flawed product!
If they improve the build quality then the review below would stand, but any Hard Drive should last at least 3 years, especially when this had very light careful use!
Not good!
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OK, the worst bit about this drive I'll get out of the way straight away... the USB cable, great if you have a Laptop, but for someone who is using this as a "take your files with you drive", this cable is just plain ridiculous. And although it's harsh to do this, a star is lopped off straight away for this, these cables are cheap to produce, and providing such a small cable is such a bad decision for what is otherwise a wonderful little drive!
From the Mac perspective this a must buy! For around [] you get a bootable drive... which means you can install the OS + some utilities + use the drive for backup files or for files you wish to work with on the road!
It's not a speed demon, but it certainly isn't slow either writing a folder of around 1.57GB in under 2 minutes.
I have used various different drives from different manufacturers and this drive is one of the best portables I have ever used!
There isn't much more to say about this drive, it's simply very, very good, just budget for a longer cable or a decent extender (not all of them will carry the power enough to make the drive function).
This would make an ideal Christmas present for the Mac user in your life!
OK - 12 months and 3 days later.
DEAD, contacted support, they suggested that there wasn't enough power, tried it on 2 other computers, and on a powered USB hub, still dead, support stopped bothering to reply to my emails after that!
So, cheap as chips, but obviously a flawed product!
If they improve the build quality then the review below would stand, but any Hard Drive should last at least 3 years, especially when this had very light careful use!
Not good!
**
OK, the worst bit about this drive I'll get out of the way straight away... the USB cable, great if you have a Laptop, but for someone who is using this as a "take your files with you drive", this cable is just plain ridiculous. And although it's harsh to do this, a star is lopped off straight away for this, these cables are cheap to produce, and providing such a small cable is such a bad decision for what is otherwise a wonderful little drive!
From the Mac perspective this a must buy! For around [] you get a bootable drive... which means you can install the OS + some utilities + use the drive for backup files or for files you wish to work with on the road!
It's not a speed demon, but it certainly isn't slow either writing a folder of around 1.57GB in under 2 minutes.
I have used various different drives from different manufacturers and this drive is one of the best portables I have ever used!
There isn't much more to say about this drive, it's simply very, very good, just budget for a longer cable or a decent extender (not all of them will carry the power enough to make the drive function).
This would make an ideal Christmas present for the Mac user in your life!
31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
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This is a great product, It works like a charm, no problems at all, connect and ready to go. The capacity is massive, you can store a huge number of songs, photos, and other digital content. It is very silent, which is quite good. I am using it with a laptop running XP SP2, and so far not a problem. It is very small, smaller than WD's Passport Drive. It looks stylish, nice black finish. So the good points are: great capacity, fast connection, easy to use, no installation or separate power supply required.
Things I did not really find good: the USB cable provided is ridiculously short, I mean this is completely useless. My USB ports are close to the laptop fans, so no matter how good the cooling capacity of the drive is, it will still be positioned near the fan, getting all the hot air out of the laptop, and thus increasing its heat. This is not good, and the only solution is to get a longer USB cable.
2nd Point: the build quality seems ok, but not impressive. It does not feel very solid. The build quality in WD's Passports is better.
Anyways, this is a very good hard drive, I am happy with it, and the USB cable issue is not a big one, but would have been nicer to have it all in a perfect package. I would totally recommend this drive, definitely very portable and essential for everyone who likes to keep this files with them wherever they go.
Things I did not really find good: the USB cable provided is ridiculously short, I mean this is completely useless. My USB ports are close to the laptop fans, so no matter how good the cooling capacity of the drive is, it will still be positioned near the fan, getting all the hot air out of the laptop, and thus increasing its heat. This is not good, and the only solution is to get a longer USB cable.
2nd Point: the build quality seems ok, but not impressive. It does not feel very solid. The build quality in WD's Passports is better.
Anyways, this is a very good hard drive, I am happy with it, and the USB cable issue is not a big one, but would have been nicer to have it all in a perfect package. I would totally recommend this drive, definitely very portable and essential for everyone who likes to keep this files with them wherever they go.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Freecom Mobile Drive XXS 320GB portable HDD.
A great item of equipment. It works well and is a very small and portable unit. I thoroughly recommend this HDD. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Henry
Product workedd poorly and is now dead
I bought this just over a year ago. Worked fine for a while. BIG problems arise if the drive is disconnected without first debooted from the desktop, or the cable is disconnected... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Barry Motionpresent
Good product but daft cable !
This product worked perfectly out of the box, very straightforward, and no issues getting started.
Records files very well. Read more
Records files very well. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Brennan_fan
freecom mobile hard drive
Freecom Mobile Drive XXS 320GB USB-2 Portable Hard Drive
EASY TO USE AND FUNCTIONS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS
EASY TO USE AND FUNCTIONS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS
Published 9 months ago by STUART KNOWLES
freecom a load of rubbish
product stopped working after six months - probably a power issue - bought a usb hub to give more power but still no luck - lost a lot of very important data. Read more
Published 10 months ago by mchl
Massive quality Issues
We ordered 3 drives overall. After two years 2 of them failed. Only the one that has hardly been used and was kept in the shelve most of the time still works. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Christian
Don't trust it!
After 12 months of very low usage as a back-up device the drive became unreadable, leaving me without backups of key files. Reading the reviews I am not alone on this. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Maccdavey
1st Class Back up Disc
I bought the Freecom Mobile Drive for my Brennan and found it perfect for backing up all my music. It couldn't be easier to use and is very well made. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Tintack
Not very good
Gave up the ghost after 2 uses. What a waste of space! Online help, tried twice wanting to send it for repair. Didn't want to do anything but get me to try to fix it myself. Read more
Published 11 months ago by sxd
Worked great initally, but died after 14 months
This drive has just died on me, as its been 14 months since I purchased it I'm out of warranty as well :(
Next time I'll look to purchase a more sturdy product, rubber... Read more
Next time I'll look to purchase a more sturdy product, rubber... Read more
Published 12 months ago by PaulM
