The Seagate Satellite:
Looking at what all you will get with your package, it is a little bit of everything. Obviously you get the external drive, then you have the detachable USB 3.0 connection, USB car charger, USB wall adapter, and the USB to DC power cable (for charging only).
On the corner of the Satellite, Seagate has placed the indicator LED’s. The charging LED, lightning bolt, will show you different LED colors to give you an idea of the battery level. Green is fully charged, red requires a charge, and amber means you are charging. The WiFi LED will blink green while starting up and blink blue while broadcasting.
On the side of the Satellite, Seagate has placed the power button. This is just basic usage by pushing to power on and off, nothing special.
On one of the ends Seagate has place a detachable plate on it that you pop off to get access for your USB 3.0 adapter.
The two shots above are just a quick comparison to show you the difference between the only real competitor Seagate has in this market, Kingston WiDrive. As you can see, the Satellite is bigger than the WiDrive, but it does offer a lot more storage. So it really is a user preference type of deal here.
Software:
Once we got our drive, we were informed we needed to update the firmware, and so we did. We downloaded the file and installed it according to the instructions on the Seagate site. Basically, just a quick “copy and paste” onto the Satellite with a reset and we were good to go.
Once you install the media sync software, already on the Satellite, you will get this opening screen. It shows all the drives hooked up to the computer, but we could only choose our GoFlex drive. From here you will also choose to sync your media with the button on top.
After clicking the media sync button, you will get this page with a couple of options. You can read what they mean for yourself, but for our tests we chose Custom Sync, because we like to do things ourselves.
We now get to go find our media that we would like to toss onto the Satellite. Once you have selected what you want to put on your Satellite, just hit the Next button.
After you have selected what you want to put on the Satellite, you get to choose what to sync your files for. You will have the five options you see in the drop down menu. Once you finalize your choice, hit the Next button again.
Once again you can choose between automatically syncing or manually syncing, of course we chose manually.
If you go through everything and decide you want to set something up differently, just delete your Sync settings, and you can start the process all over.
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@ JOE …. gonna break this down for you ….
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How many devices (and types of devices) were used to connect to it?
It would be nice to seen more on connection with:
- iPads (all supported versions and with different iOS versions) to be connected
- iPhones (all supported versions and again with different iOS versions)
- iPods
- Android phones (with versions ranging from 2.1 on)
- Android Tablets (with versions ranging 2.2 on)
- The Kindle, the Nook (which have specialized Android devices)
- non-phone Android devices (TV’s etc)
- ANYTHING else that can talk to it. It would be awesome if a camera could use it.
Does it work with Macs, PCs , Linux machines (through WiFi)? If so what OS versions?
Can it connect to Blackberry devices?
Can the Apple TV or other streaming devices use it?
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We has a total of 5 devices at one time connected to it. 3 phones, laptop, ipad.
dont have all versions of iphones or ipads to test with.
dont use ipods, as long as they have WiFi connectivity and a web browser they have a chance of working.
only had one android phone (the S3 mentioned)
no android tablet
no kindle or nook
cameras cant use it
yes it works with macs and PCs … look at the pics and review please. Linux – not sure. Yes wifi or USB.
dont have a blackberry device
dont have apple TV
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Also can the device be plugged in somehow. ie can it have a USB capable device (laptop, car charger, car radio, external battery, etc…) power the drive?
Can a device be connected to the internet (via 3G, 4G) and still see the drive?
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yes it can be powered by anything with USB charging capabilities.
no its in the review … please read
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1- LIMITED STORAGE. 500GB is a good amount but it may not be enough (even if it can only be use 4 hours at a time) because it is ALL the storage that is portable. If you want to carry multiple movies for a trip for multiple people with different tastes (let say adults, teenagers, and kids) then variety is what is needed and 500GB can be killed in a jiffy as it is split (in this case only 3 way, and if you take sex in consideration that is 6 ways). Also how about songs, pictures, books, and possibly games downloaded to it. Or in case of business, presentations, drawings, spreadsheets, tutorials. 500GB can be filled by anyone so easy. If this is mobile that means you are trying to take everything with you and 500GB is definitely not enough. The battery may last only 5 hours but it can be charge by ANY outlet. The data may no be accessible for days (or weeks). What if you go on a 7 day cruise? No internet access, no phone access this device could be a great way to have things accessible to the whole family but at 500GB it would still be limited. 3 TB may not be enough.
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true I agree it can be limited with the 500gb size if you were on a trip for 7 days and that type of situation. However, I would hope you would pull your head out of your ass and realize what you will get out of 500GB and dont buy it and expect 3TB storage from it. It is a niche device and seagate would not of made it if they did not feel it would be useful for some people. If you need 3TB of storage on a cruise just bring your external storage device – that is what they are for.
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2- WiFi exclusivity. What if you want to transfer something from the network to the device. Lets say you are Starbucks and want to transfer a movie to it. Oh well you are SOL. Or if you want to store more books on your Kindle can the Kindle use it as additional storage? What if you are using the device to connect to a PC connected to WiFi and wanted to save the files in the drive?
Is the battery removable? How big is the battery? How is the battery charged? Does it come with a charger? Will a bigger charger charge the battery faster?
You talk about the size how about the weight?
How durable is it? Can it survive a drop?
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not sure on kindle as we do not have one.
if its connected to the PC use the supplied software to transfer files – in the review
no battery is not removable – thats why we cant answer the other questions
a bigger charger? like a wall charger?
battery charged by USB, car charger, or wall charger – in the review again
yes comes with charger – once again in the review
weight about a pound or 2
seems durable enough – not going to break it to find out.
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How much advertising or how much $$ to buy a techreaction.net award?
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and you can go fuck yourself with that comment. IF we got paid we would have more money to buy gadgets to test with – dont ya think?
This review is very, very thin.
How many devices (and types of devices) were used to connect to it?
It would be nice to seen more on connection with:
- iPads (all supported versions and with different iOS versions) to be connected
- iPhones (all supported versions and again with different iOS versions)
- iPods
- Android phones (with versions ranging from 2.1 on)
- Android Tablets (with versions ranging 2.2 on)
- The Kindle, the Nook (which have specialized Android devices)
- non-phone Android devices (TV’s etc)
- ANYTHING else that can talk to it. It would be awesome if a camera could use it.
Does it work with Macs, PCs , Linux machines (through WiFi)? If so what OS versions?
Can it connect to Blackberry devices?
Can the Apple TV or other streaming devices use it?
Does it use any standards?
Also can the device be plugged in somehow. ie can it have a USB capable device (laptop, car charger, car radio, external battery, etc…) power the drive?
Can a device be connected to the internet (via 3G, 4G) and still see the drive?
Also, the author’s complacency on the downfalls of the device shows lack of imagination on the use of mass storage.
1- LIMITED STORAGE. 500GB is a good amount but it may not be enough (even if it can only be use 4 hours at a time) because it is ALL the storage that is portable. If you want to carry multiple movies for a trip for multiple people with different tastes (let say adults, teenagers, and kids) then variety is what is needed and 500GB can be killed in a jiffy as it is split (in this case only 3 way, and if you take sex in consideration that is 6 ways). Also how about songs, pictures, books, and possibly games downloaded to it. Or in case of business, presentations, drawings, spreadsheets, tutorials. 500GB can be filled by anyone so easy. If this is mobile that means you are trying to take everything with you and 500GB is definitely not enough. The battery may last only 5 hours but it can be charge by ANY outlet. The data may no be accessible for days (or weeks). What if you go on a 7 day cruise? No internet access, no phone access this device could be a great way to have things accessible to the whole family but at 500GB it would still be limited. 3 TB may not be enough.
2- WiFi exclusivity. What if you want to transfer something from the network to the device. Lets say you are Starbucks and want to transfer a movie to it. Oh well you are SOL. Or if you want to store more books on your Kindle can the Kindle use it as additional storage? What if you are using the device to connect to a PC connected to WiFi and wanted to save the files in the drive?
Is the battery removable? How big is the battery? How is the battery charged? Does it come with a charger? Will a bigger charger charge the battery faster?
You talk about the size how about the weight?
How durable is it? Can it survive a drop?
How much advertising or how much $$ to buy a techreaction.net award?
does this product stream to android devices aswell? or only apple is supported? does it work with smart tvs?
regards!