Seagate Goflex Satellite Wireless Media iPad Streaming Device Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2012-05-07
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1,402 words · ~7 min read
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welcome to another product unboxing and showcase online as Tech tips this is
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actually something that I personally am very excited about this is a hard
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drive but it's a very special hard drive
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this is from seates glex series now if you remember I talked about the glex a
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while ago the glex drives basically have
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a an enclosure around a Drive which
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doesn't sound very Advanced but it is because the cables the optional cables
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for the drive they usually come with USB 2 and then you can buy USB 3 or eSATA or
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fire wire whatever the case may be the cables actually include the chips sorry
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about that battery anyway like I was saying the cables for glex series drives
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are actually what contain the chipset that converts the signal from SATA which
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is the drive to whatever interface you choose now this one's a little special
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here let's take the product out first and I'll explain more about what it does
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shortly so the first thing we find inside is a quick start guide the quick
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start guide shows us everything that's included as well as some basic
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functionality so let's leave that open and let's have a look at what we have
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included with the drive so here's
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something I I'm not sure exactly how this one works yet so um you know we're
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taking it apart we're we're on a voyage of Discovery here together you
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guys okay no idea we'll get to that
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after next we have a wallwart okay so this is
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pretty self-explanatory this is for powering and charging your drive right
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here we have the USB power cable so this combined with this is what is going to
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be used to power and charge your
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glex satellite okay here we have a USB 3
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cable included that's a very nice inclusion because it does cost more
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there's a USB 3 chipset in here there's your USB 3B cable right there going into
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the back and there's your usb3 cable that goes into your PC so there that
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goes to the SATA interface on the glex satellite which is here so we have the
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500 gig model
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okay now it's a little heavier than most of the 2 and 1/2 in drives that you're
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going to find on the market and there's a very good reason for it because now I
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mentioned charging the Drive how does this
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work okay give me a moment here guys
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never mind I got it okay that piece comes off the back if
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you do want to use the glex interface on the back so there now it's a normal 2
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and 1/2 in drive but I mentioned charging it this is a wireless drive it
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is a satellite Drive the reason it needs to be charged is because it has an
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internal battery as well as an internal
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Wireless chips set so what this drive is all about is sharing your data
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wirelessly with your mobile device okay so it's uh
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it's most of the marketing and advertising is geared around the iPad so
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here's what Seagate has to say for themselves I know I did this kind of backwards we looked at the product first
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then we looked at the package but let's do the package now take your entire
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media library with you stream it to your iPad wirelessly it's for iPad Android PC
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and Mac you can store over 300 movies so
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uh just so you guys are clear I'm not only going to show iPad in this video so
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I you know I have a zoom here as well so when I do the demo video of this product
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I will be showing it on both platforms so you can fill it up using usb3 or USB
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2 remember this USB 3 cable that's included is also USB 2 backwards
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compatible you can charge it it lasts for up to 5 hours of continuous
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streaming and you can use the free app
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or your devic's web browser to stream your entire media library wherever you are and we'll have to try that we'll
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have to try the uh the Apple uh app store app as well as the uh browsing
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method so you can play up to three different movies on three different
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iPads or mobile devices at the same time
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works with tablets and smartphones too so that means iPhones uh Android phones
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iPads iPods all of that good stuff and your entire media library is just as
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mobile as your iPad now so I showed you guys that it does work with the glex
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interface but you can also just take this cover throw it on there like that
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and now it is completely sealed in so
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all you're going to be using it as is a wireless device so I press the power
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button you can see it's got a power LED as well as a wireless activity LED you
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got your Cate logo on the top I know I haven't really shown the drive very well
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yet there's the power button on the side okay got that over there we got our
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power in so that's your charging you'll need that to charge it remember it lasts
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for up to 5 hours so that means you should take your charger with you if
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you're going to be on a long flight for example or if you're going uh if you're
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traveling okay we got little rubber feet on the bottom this is a nice addition
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because most mobile drives like this are designed more for pocket storage but
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this one seate has considered that you're going to have it kind of sitting
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somewhere and then you'll put it down and then you'll actually be using a
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device nearby so they've accounted for it to not slip off of a surface that you
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put it on while you're using it to watch uh movies on your iPad or on your
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Android tablet and I think that's pretty much
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everything there is for me to say about it at the moment um why don't you just
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come over here and have a look at the system requirements so I'll let you guys
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read this if you're curious about it but obviously you'll need some kind of a
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mobile device with Wi-Fi you'll need a PC or Mac in order to load the files
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onto it in the Box we already went through that and here's the support for
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file type so you guys should check this out and you do get up to 25 hours of
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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
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use it continuously for up to 5 hours so you can watch at least two full movies
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maybe even three shorter movies on the glex satellite before you have to charge
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it very cool don't forget to subscribe to ncixcom my other channel to see the
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performance evaluation and review of this particular
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unit this cameraman figured out what this is It's a car charger that's
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outstanding so you're on a long road trip I mean the examples I gave were
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plain examples but this is even like this is even better so you take your USB
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charger cable you throw it in there you plug that into your car and all of a
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sudden you have unlimited streaming for
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Wi-Fi for all of your passengers in the
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back seat so if you're driving somewhere with your kids you throw them with the
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tablet in the back they're watching movies you don't have to buy the super
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expensive model of your car with the TVs built into the back seat now you bring
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around your own TV screen your own media library and it runs the whole time no
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matter how long you're driving for absolutely flipping brilliant that they
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included this