We spotted these guys hiding out in a teensy booth at CeBIT back in 2006, but EDS Lab has resurfaced with its
WiDRIVE line -- and it's just getting better. The WiFi drive enclosures now come in 1.8-inch (PX-100) and 2.5-inch (DX-225) versions, but now also support a BitTorrent client, RSS podcast subscriptions and a built-in web server. You can connect to the drive using a number of networking standards, including DHCP, WebDav UPnP and Bonjour, but if 802.11b/g speeds aren't good enough for you, you're out of luck: the USB port is for charging only.
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Kevlar @ Jan 11th 2008 2:55AM
Tab: You're a dick. Go entertain your easily-amused, immature self with something shiny, rather than wasting our time with pointless, annoying "FIRST" posts.
As for the article, is there any word on pricing or availability? I would've been interested even without the Bittorrent, but it just adds sweet, cream-cheese icing to the already delicious carrot cake. A wire-free media streamer with auto RSS and Bittorrent capability? YES.
Kevlar @ Jan 11th 2008 2:55AM
Tab: You're a dick. Go entertain your easily-amused, immature self with something shiny, rather than wasting our time with pointless, annoying "FIRST" posts.
As for the article, is there any word on pricing or availability? I would've been interested even without the Bittorrent, but it just adds sweet, cream-cheese icing to the already delicious carrot cake. A wire-free media streamer with auto RSS and Bittorrent capability? YES.
Kevlar @ Jan 11th 2008 2:55AM
Tab: You're a dick. Go entertain your easily-amused, immature self with something shiny, rather than wasting our time with pointless, annoying "FIRST" posts.
As for the article, is there any word on pricing or availability? I would've been interested even without the Bittorrent, but it just adds sweet, cream-cheese icing to the already delicious carrot cake. A wire-free media streamer with auto RSS and Bittorrent capability? YES.
Kevlar @ Jan 11th 2008 2:58AM
*sigh*.. isn't it always when we're ratting out someone else for breaking posting rules, that the comments system catastrophically fails leading to a triple post? (For those who say activate only one, I have a password to bypass e-mail activation. It's what its for).
Apologies, anyways.
Sukhminder @ Jan 11th 2008 11:56AM
karma
andrea @ Jan 11th 2008 3:09AM
Pointless comments a part...
How is possible that this disk can be only accessed throught a WiFi network and not by cable? I means, in a protected WiFi network, should be at least a way to configure this device, or it works only in unprotected networks?
P.S.: guys, if you reply to stupid comments, you made the game of the stupid poster, hiding actual comments like this one.
Ricardo @ Jan 11th 2008 4:44AM
Makes sense.
Probably has some kind of protection like routers do. But I'm curious.
Anyway, this sounds excellent, I hope it's not too expensive.
andrea @ Jan 11th 2008 5:23AM
Yes. I don't think I can already find it in the stores, here in NL, but since I have to return my 1Tb LaCie (is a scam: be warned. I corrupted the disk after less than a week. This product is not even in the LaCie's website), I was thinking about a device like that.
I will try to find it.
Joel I. Johnson @ Jan 11th 2008 12:42PM
I'm wondering how one will set it up. If I have a protected network then it sounds like I have to get the thing onto the network before I can get into the setup, but to get it on the network it must already know my network key.
andrea @ Jan 11th 2008 12:53PM
Indeed.
Is what I was trying to say.
I think there is _at least_ a way to configure this device using the USB connection.
Jose El Maton @ Jan 11th 2008 3:22AM
Yeah, first-posters will not be rewarded... Except to say, KITTY!
Your kitty's got nice eyes.
euclid @ Jan 11th 2008 3:22AM
Tab: You're a dick. Go entertain your easily-amused, immature self with something shiny, rather than wasting our time with pointless, annoying "FIRST" posts.
As for the article, is there any word on pricing or availability? I would've been interested even without the Bittorrent, but it just adds sweet, cream-cheese icing to the already delicious carrot cake. A wire-free media streamer with auto RSS and Bittorrent capability? YES.
euclid @ Jan 11th 2008 3:23AM
Tab: You're a dick. Go entertain your easily-amused, immature self with something shiny, rather than wasting our time with pointless, annoying "FIRST" posts.
As for the article, is there any word on pricing or availability? I would've been interested even without the Bittorrent, but it just adds sweet, cream-cheese icing to the already delicious carrot cake. A wire-free media streamer with auto RSS and Bittorrent capability? YES.
euclid @ Jan 11th 2008 3:23AM
Tab: You're a dick. Go entertain your easily-amused, immature self with something shiny, rather than wasting our time with pointless, annoying "FIRST" posts.
As for the article, is there any word on pricing or availability? I would've been interested even without the Bittorrent, but it just adds sweet, cream-cheese icing to the already delicious carrot cake. A wire-free media streamer with auto RSS and Bittorrent capability? YES.
671GD @ Jan 11th 2008 3:26AM
Shush! Jeez...
slug @ Jan 11th 2008 4:12AM
Ok ... who copied who? This artical is word-for-word with this one...
http://www.feedigg.com/32483/new-widrive-line-includes-25-inch-support-bittorrent/
slug @ Jan 11th 2008 4:15AM
I just looked at the gallery, the pictures have ENGADGET printed all over them. Feedigg.com are naughty people!!
tut tut...
conor.mcmenamin @ Jan 11th 2008 7:26AM
Andrea
You mean the 1Tb LaCie Ethernet Big Disk? It's still on the website here:
http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=10882
- you have to look under Network Storage to get there.
I have one and I'm very happy with it - or at least I was until I heard about this one which seems to do a little bit more...
TheFireStorm @ Jan 11th 2008 7:29AM
If only it was a Wii drive :(
andrea @ Jan 11th 2008 7:36AM
No, is just an USB drive. Is not the Ethernet one. And, as I wrote above, is not even listed on the website. LaCie forgot to put on the products list, or MediaMarkt is selling fake products? :S
tealfixie @ Jan 11th 2008 7:49AM
USB charging? Does it have a battery, makes no sense to have a wireless and battery powered network drive, those things are meant to be on forever...
Roberto @ Jan 11th 2008 9:09AM
Unless you want to pair it with your iPhone to complement its measly storage space, then you would like a self-powered portable HD.
Neeko @ Jan 11th 2008 11:59AM
wonder why the omitted USB transfers. not a smart idea.
kevjohn @ Jan 11th 2008 12:07PM
I thought Wii was spelled with 2 i's.
cheng @ Jan 12th 2008 7:22AM
hi:
i am from edslab.
px-100 is compact model with usb tranfser.
the upcoming px-225 is semi portable model. it HAS usb transfer.
cheng @ Jan 12th 2008 7:40AM
oops...i meant
px-100 is compact model without usb transfer.
px-225 is the one WITH usb 2.0 transfer (mass storage).