welcome to another product unboxing and showcase online as Tech tips this is
actually something that I personally am very excited about this is a hard
drive but it's a very special hard drive
this is from seates glex series now if you remember I talked about the glex a
while ago the glex drives basically have
a an enclosure around a Drive which
doesn't sound very Advanced but it is because the cables the optional cables
for the drive they usually come with USB 2 and then you can buy USB 3 or eSATA or
fire wire whatever the case may be the cables actually include the chips sorry
about that battery anyway like I was saying the cables for glex series drives
are actually what contain the chipset that converts the signal from SATA which
is the drive to whatever interface you choose now this one's a little special
here let's take the product out first and I'll explain more about what it does
shortly so the first thing we find inside is a quick start guide the quick
start guide shows us everything that's included as well as some basic
functionality so let's leave that open and let's have a look at what we have
included with the drive so here's
something I I'm not sure exactly how this one works yet so um you know we're
taking it apart we're we're on a voyage of Discovery here together you
guys okay no idea we'll get to that
after next we have a wallwart okay so this is
pretty self-explanatory this is for powering and charging your drive right
here we have the USB power cable so this combined with this is what is going to
be used to power and charge your
glex satellite okay here we have a USB 3
cable included that's a very nice inclusion because it does cost more
there's a USB 3 chipset in here there's your USB 3B cable right there going into
the back and there's your usb3 cable that goes into your PC so there that
goes to the SATA interface on the glex satellite which is here so we have the
500 gig model
okay now it's a little heavier than most of the 2 and 1/2 in drives that you're
going to find on the market and there's a very good reason for it because now I
mentioned charging the Drive how does this
work okay give me a moment here guys
never mind I got it okay that piece comes off the back if
you do want to use the glex interface on the back so there now it's a normal 2
and 1/2 in drive but I mentioned charging it this is a wireless drive it
is a satellite Drive the reason it needs to be charged is because it has an
internal battery as well as an internal
Wireless chips set so what this drive is all about is sharing your data
wirelessly with your mobile device okay so it's uh
it's most of the marketing and advertising is geared around the iPad so
here's what Seagate has to say for themselves I know I did this kind of backwards we looked at the product first
then we looked at the package but let's do the package now take your entire
media library with you stream it to your iPad wirelessly it's for iPad Android PC
and Mac you can store over 300 movies so
uh just so you guys are clear I'm not only going to show iPad in this video so
I you know I have a zoom here as well so when I do the demo video of this product
I will be showing it on both platforms so you can fill it up using usb3 or USB
2 remember this USB 3 cable that's included is also USB 2 backwards
compatible you can charge it it lasts for up to 5 hours of continuous
streaming and you can use the free app
or your devic's web browser to stream your entire media library wherever you are and we'll have to try that we'll
have to try the uh the Apple uh app store app as well as the uh browsing
method so you can play up to three different movies on three different
iPads or mobile devices at the same time
works with tablets and smartphones too so that means iPhones uh Android phones
iPads iPods all of that good stuff and your entire media library is just as
mobile as your iPad now so I showed you guys that it does work with the glex
interface but you can also just take this cover throw it on there like that
and now it is completely sealed in so
all you're going to be using it as is a wireless device so I press the power
button you can see it's got a power LED as well as a wireless activity LED you
got your Cate logo on the top I know I haven't really shown the drive very well
yet there's the power button on the side okay got that over there we got our
power in so that's your charging you'll need that to charge it remember it lasts
for up to 5 hours so that means you should take your charger with you if
you're going to be on a long flight for example or if you're going uh if you're
traveling okay we got little rubber feet on the bottom this is a nice addition
because most mobile drives like this are designed more for pocket storage but
this one seate has considered that you're going to have it kind of sitting
somewhere and then you'll put it down and then you'll actually be using a
device nearby so they've accounted for it to not slip off of a surface that you
put it on while you're using it to watch uh movies on your iPad or on your
Android tablet and I think that's pretty much
everything there is for me to say about it at the moment um why don't you just
come over here and have a look at the system requirements so I'll let you guys
read this if you're curious about it but obviously you'll need some kind of a
mobile device with Wi-Fi you'll need a PC or Mac in order to load the files
onto it in the Box we already went through that and here's the support for
file type so you guys should check this out and you do get up to 25 hours of
standby so that's really handy so you charge it up before you leave you throw it in your bag and then you can actually
use it continuously for up to 5 hours so you can watch at least two full movies
maybe even three shorter movies on the glex satellite before you have to charge
it very cool don't forget to subscribe to ncixcom my other channel to see the
performance evaluation and review of this particular
unit this cameraman figured out what this is It's a car charger that's
outstanding so you're on a long road trip I mean the examples I gave were
plain examples but this is even like this is even better so you take your USB
charger cable you throw it in there you plug that into your car and all of a
sudden you have unlimited streaming for
Wi-Fi for all of your passengers in the
back seat so if you're driving somewhere with your kids you throw them with the
tablet in the back they're watching movies you don't have to buy the super
expensive model of your car with the TVs built into the back seat now you bring
around your own TV screen your own media library and it runs the whole time no
matter how long you're driving for absolutely flipping brilliant that they
included this