[January 06, 2015]

Toshiba Expands Canvio Basics Line by Introducing 3TB Portable Hard Drive

LVCC Central Hall Booth #11028 - Toshiba's (News - Alert) Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced the addition of a 3TB¹ capacity offering to its Canvio® Basics storage lineup. The 3TB Canvio Basics portable hard drive can store up to 856,500 digital photos, 789,000 digital music files or 2,460 downloaded digital movies². As with the rest of the offerings within the Canvio Basics 3.0 line, software setup is not necessary.

The 3TB Canvio Basics portable hard drive can store up to 856,500 digital photos, 789,000 digital music files or 2,460 downloaded digital movies. (Photo: Business Wire)

"Even as a portable device, consumers are looking for high-capacity options to keep up with their extensive content libraries," said Maciek Brzeski, Vice President, Branded Storage, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division. "Our 3TB Canvio Basics provides high capacity storage in a simple solution."

The 3TB Canvio Basics portable hard drive is exceptionally efficient and easy to use. Consumers can connect the device right out of the box and simply connect to their PC to begin saving their digital files. The Canvio Basics portable hard drive supports USB 3.0 for rapid transfer speeds³, is backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and is also equipped with a special internal shock sensor and ramp loading technology designed to keep consumers' digital files safer against accidental drops.

Toshiba has been providing storage solutions worldwide since 1967 and has more than 47 years of experience developing storage offerings that complement our comprehensive ecosystem of devices. Leveraging an annual $3.1 billion investment in research and development, Toshiba continues to push the boundaries of storage technology to meet customers' needs.

Pricing and Availability

The 3TB Toshiba Canvio Basics portable hard drive will be available for purchase in March 2015 at various retailers and on toshiba.com/us for $189.99 MSRP⁴.

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About Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS)

Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., TAIS is comprised of four business units: Business Solutions Division, Digital Products Division, Imaging Systems Division, and Telecommunication Systems Division. Together, these divisions provide digital products, services and solutions, including industry-leading notebook computers, tablets and All-in-One computers televisions, TV/DVD Combination products, Blu-ray Disc™, DVD players and media boxes, as well as cloud services; imaging products for the security, medical and manufacturing markets; storage products for computers; and IP business telephone systems with unified communications, collaboration and mobility applications. TAIS provides sales, marketing and services for its wide range of products in the United States and Latin America. TAIS is an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation. For more information on TAIS visit us.toshiba.com.

About Toshiba

Toshiba Corporation, a Fortune Global 500 company, channels world-class capabilities in advanced electronic and electrical product and systems into five strategic business domains: Energy & Infrastructure, Community Solutions, Healthcare Systems & Services, Electronic Devices & Components, and Lifestyles Products & Services. Guided by the principles of The Basic Commitment of the Toshiba Group, "Committed to People, Committed to the Future," Toshiba promotes global operations towards securing "Growth Through Creativity and Innovation," and is contributing to the achievement of a world in which people everywhere live in a safe, secure and comfortable society.

Founded in Tokyo in 1875, today's Toshiba is at the heart of a global network of over 590 consolidated companies employing over 200,000 people worldwide, with annual sales surpassing 6.5 trillion yen (US$63 billion). To find out more about Toshiba, visit www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm.

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¹ One Gigabyte (GB) means one billion bytes and one Terabyte (TB) means one trillion bytes. Total available capacity will vary based on operating environment and may show less storage capacity. Examples of the number of photos, songs, movies, and any other files that can be stored on a hard drive are provided for illustrative purposes only.

² Tested by Toshiba under the specific test settings at the time of publication and is not an estimate of the number of photographs, minutes of video or hours of audio that can be stored under any conditions other than the specific test settings. Music storage based on 128Kbps, 11:1 compression with an average song length of 4 min. Photo storage based on 6 MegaPixel digital camera using JPEG compression, average photo size 3.5MB/Photo. Movie storage based on 13.5MB/Minute @ 90min, typical iTunes® download at 1800kbps. The amount of data needed to record still pictures and movies differs depending on the device used, the subject photographed, and the shooting conditions. These variables, among others, may increase or decrease the number of pictures and/or movies that can be stored. Your results may vary.

³ USB 3.0. 5Gbps is the maximum theoretical interface transfer rate per the specifications of the Universal Serial Bus 3.0. Actual transfer rate will vary depending on your system configuration and other factors.

⁴ Price. Reseller prices may vary. MSRP means "Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price."

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