Hitachi LifeStudio External Hard Drive Review & Giveaway – CLOSED

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As I’m sure is common with most parents these days, thanks to digital cameras we have tons of photos and videos of the kids. It seems we add more images and movies to our computer every day and as the computer gets overloaded it starts to run slower and slower. Soon we’ve eaten up all of our memory and our desktop has essentially become a digital photo frame. We can’t do much else on it but look at all those pictures and videos which, while it’s fun, is obviously frustrating as well.

To solve our problem we turned to the Hitachi LifeStudio Mobile Plus External Hard Drive.

Some of the features of the Mobile Plus that interested us include:

• A 500 GB capacity along with a detachable 4 GB Micro SD USB Key (see above photo).
• The LifeStudio Software automatically finds and organizes photos, movies, music, and files into a very cool, futuristic 3-D wall where they can be easily viewed all in one location.
• It allows you to post and access photos through Facebook, Flickr, and Picasa all through the same software.
• It offers automatic local and online backup and you can access your files from any computer or smartphone, or share with others using a web link.

We’ve really enjoyed the Mobile Plus. We started storing our photos and videos on it and it has freed up tremendous amounts of space on both our desktop and netbook. We also breathe a bit easier knowing all those photos and videos are backed up. It would be a tragedy to lose those memories from Kora & Logan’s childhood.

We’ve also found the software fun to use and enjoy being able to access everything in one place. The CoolIris feature makes me feel like I’m part of a futuristic movie, it really is fun to scroll past our photos and watch as they float by. I do wish it had some sort of screen saver available though. We always have our Windows photo screen saver on and enjoy  watching photos fade in and out randomly. If they could, in some way, utilize the CoolIris technology to make a screen saver I think we would be completely hooked.

Here’s a video I put together showing the external hard drive, the USB key, and the LifeStudio software. Take a minute to check it out and see the 3-D wall in action:

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Thanks to Hitachi LifeStudio for providing the products for review and giveaway. No compensation was received.