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Freecom has unveiled what it’s claimed is the world’s smallest 3.5in desktop hard drive.

The 180 x 112.5 x 30mm Hard Drive XS weighs in at just 860g, yet will provide a storage capacity of 1TB.Its rubber body should help minimize any risk of your sweaty hands dropping the drive – it’s not an SSD after all. Freecom also decided to expel any form of fan from the XS, which it claimed results in “almost silent” operation.Data is accessed at 480Mb/s over a USB 2.0 connection, but Windows users can use Turbo USB for a 30 per cent improvement, Freecom claimed.

Freecom’s Hard Drive XS are priced according to the storage capacity. The 500GB model’s priced at $107 while the 1TB option costs $148.

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