Before tablets and Ultrabooks took hold, many PC vendors were engaged in a race to the bottom where competition was only possible through ever cheaper parts, not breakthrough design.
Seagate created this new category of wireless storage devices in 2011 to address consumers' desire to enjoy more content than tablets and smartphones can hold with their limited storage.
And unlike for netbooks that hold romanticized potential for Android, many smartphone apps should make the transition painlessly to these smaller tablets.