Taiwan market: Seagate launches FreeAgent series external hard drives
Jimmy Hsu, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES [Monday 22 September 2008] 
Seagate Technology on September 19 announced the launch of its new FreeAgent series external hard disk drives, consisting of 2.5-inch FreeAgent GO for mobile use as well as the 3.5-inch FreeAgent Desk and FreeAgent XTreme, according to the company's local PR agent. The FreeAgent GO features a thickness of only 12.5mm, the thinnest among all 2.5-inch external HDDs available in the world currently, according tot he company. | Seagate FreeAgent: Recommended retail prices in Taiwan | | Code name | Storage (GB) | Price (NT$) | | Windows version* | Mac version* | | GO | 250 | 3,299 (US$103) | 5,999 | | 320 | 3,999 | 6,899 | | 500 | 7,499 | N/A | | Desk | 500 | 3,499 | 5,399 | | 640 | 4,199 | N/A | | 1,000 (1TB) | 6,999 | 8,899 | | 1,500 (1.5TB) | 7,999 | 10,999 | | XTreme | 1,000 | 7,999 | N/A | | 1,500 | 8,699 | Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, September 2008 
Seagate FreeAgent GO 2.5-inch external hard disk drive
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