Hitachi Touro Mobile Pro Portable Drive USB3

Overview

The Hitachi Touro Mobile Pro Portable Drive features a sleek mobile design, 7200 RPM drives, local and cloud backup, cloud access anytime, upgrade for more cloud storage and apps, USB 3.0 interface, and USB powered.

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 16 expert reviews

Excellent:

4
Good:

8
Average:

3
Bad:

1

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Last revision on May 21, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Eye-catching design
3GB of free online storage
Speedy data transfer rates
Password-protected encryption
Comes in a sleek, aesthetically pleasant design
Useful back up software
USB 3.0 speeds
7200rpm

Reviewers Didn't Like

Preformatted for Windows
Case is prone to smudges
Higher price per gigabyte than larger-capacity competitors
Capped at only 750GB
Doesn't offer other peripheral connections, such as FireWire or Thunderbolt
Cable too short and stiff
Looks like an iPhone 4

Expert reviews and ratings

If you need a handy portable drive that matches your mobile iOS device, Hitachi’s Touro Mobile Pro is a great choice. It’s fast and also gives you some extra online storage, something most people would appreciate. Related Tags: 750GB, hard...

By Macworld Australia on April 09, 2012

The Hitachi Touro Mobile Pro is a great-looking portable hard drive that offers fast transfer rates and additional online storage. Aesthetically, the Touro Mobile Pro looks like and iPhone 4S. The drive has a black reflective surface on top and...

By Macworld on March 30, 2012

The Hitachi Touro Mobile Pro hard drive makes a compelling play for your money by layering on the features, like connected cloud storage and data sharing, encryption, and easy system backup....

By PC Mag on February 10, 2012

It's hard to stand out in a crowded market such as this, but the Touro Mobile Pro provides good performance and features at a competitive price and will make a good companion for any laptop PC....

By PC Advisor on October 28, 2011

A trip to a Central London hotel, which used to be a multi-storey car park, introduced me to a new product from Hitachi and gave me the opportunity to see the ET movie....

By GadgetSpeak on October 01, 2011

The Touro Mobile Pro is a good value hard disk and online storage combo, although the online storage service needs refinement...

By Expert Reviews on September 26, 2011

We?re greeted with a skinny device that works hard while remaining user-friendly as a pro storage accessory while you?re on tour.The drive is slim for a hard disk platter that spins at 7200rpm, and is also somewhat stylish for a hard drive. The unit...

By Channel News Australia on August 24, 2011

The drive is slim for a hard disk platter that spins at 7200rpm, and is also somewhat stylish for a hard drive. The unit is finished in a reflective, black coating on top and bottom, with a silver/grey rim around the edge. There aren't any physical...

By Smarthouse on August 24, 2011

The Hitachi Touro can be currently bought at a price of Rs. 4,408. Besides the local data storage capabilities it also provides an additional 3GB of data backup on the cloud. There are a lot of softwares that provide free data backup on the cloud, so...

By Tech2 on August 19, 2011

A fast, affordable, and neatly designed backup device...

By Computeractive on August 16, 2011

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