The company has applications on the Google and Apple storage to access this device from a phone or tablet.

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These storage device allow access to portable data using WiFi.

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We were sold on the Keyport Slide when it promised not only to banish key-based clutter, but also incorporated two of our favorite things: flash storage and a beer access device.

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Aside from magnetic tape (which generally has a slower time to access information) there is no more cost effective storage device to keep all this content on than HDDs.

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These issues, plus the fact that mobile devices are sometimes not able to connect and access content in the cloud, is feeding the already fast growing external storage device market.

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All the content on the storage device can also be accessed from outside the home network to allow immediate access.

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The receiver's on-screen user interface allows users direct access to Pandora, Rhapsody, Sirius Internet Radio, and vTuner streaming radio services, or to access MP3, WMA, FLAC, Lossless, Ogg Vorbis, and AAC files from any computer or storage device on the network.

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Likewise Seagate has greatly improved their personal mobile wireless device, now called the Wireless Plus with up to 1 TB of storage capacity, WiFi access and reported 10 hour battery life.

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