Toshiba Unveils Canvio Connect II Portable Hard Drive

Toshiba today announced the Canvio® Connect II, with capacities up to 2TB, remote access capabilities, local and cloud backup and the ability to share and stream content. The external hard disk is available in five colors: black, white, blue, red and satin gold.

Summary of features mentioned in the press release:

• Files & folder backup & restore
• Full system backup & recovery
• Cloud-enabled backup
• Schedule backups to run automatically
• Secure backups with password-protected data encryption
• Access and share content from any device anywhere via the internet
• Upload and download content from any device easily
• Includes 10GB of free cloud storage  for storing “always-available” copies of important files.
• Access content remotely from mobile devices
• Back up content from mobile devices

The Canvio Connect II comes with a Toshiba 3-Year Limited Warranty.  A 3TB model will release later this year.