Iomega has proclaimed it will be updating its whole eGo Portable HDD array with USB 3.0 technology beginning at this fall. The update drives will owe the similar cost as the present generation USB 2.0 versions. USB 3.0 has relocate speeds up to ten times faster than USB 2.0.

Iomega eGo Portable hard drives have a ruggedized external with a seven-foot drop spec. in addition; the drives have 256-bit hardware encryption and are integrated with the Iomega Protection Suite, which comprise quite a few types of backup software and a 12-month Trend Micro Internet Security subscription. Iomega's eGo portable hard drives with 500GB and 1TB capacities will be moved to USB 3.0 by early October; initial in Q1 2011, Iomega will shift the rest of its portable hard drives to USB 3.0.