Comments on: Angelbird SSD2go Pocket External SSD Review (512GB)

By: Benjamin Hojnik

Benjamin Hojnik — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 08:48:00 +0000

In reply to Greg Zeng. Actually, some ssds have bigger power requirement than your standard 2.5" 5400rpm drives. Lots of ssds can easily exceed 2.5W cap, usb2 offer in write intensive or random workload. But its true, that in idle ssds tend to use less power.

By: Sean Webster

Sean Webster — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 06:22:00 +0000

In reply to Greg Zeng. I gave it a shot on my nexas 7. I couldn't get my Android device to recognize/power up the drive with any of the USB mounting apps i tried.

By: Les@TheSSDReview

Les@TheSSDReview — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 10:35:00 +0000

In reply to Greg Zeng. I havent tried this with those cables...to a Smart phone.

By: Greg Zeng

Greg Zeng — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 03:08:00 +0000

The biggest advantage over the spinning hard disk, is, I think, the lower power demand. This means it can connect to a smartphone, tablet, etc – using just a USB (2 or 3) cable, without any other power source. Is this true, for simple read-writes?