Seagate Pimp My Drive FreeAgent Go HDD Skins [Pimp Your FreeAgent Go For True Personalisation]

Many an OEM manufacturer has pushed the notion of celebrating your individuality courtesy of your peripherals but, in the main, such offerings have been limited to broader color choices which hardly offer true uniqueness. Seagate, however, thanks to their new Pimp My Drive service, unlike the aforementioned companies, can indeed lay claim to offering up genuinely personalised products in allowing you to personalise their FreeAgent Go external hard disks to your heart’s content (or thereabouts).

If attempting to stand out from the masses simply in choosing a particular color finish from a selection of hues doesn’t appeal then, if you’re looking for a little portable external storage capacity, Seagate’s Pimp My Drive service is undoubtedly for you as you can select pretty much any image to adorn your drive and Seagate (or, rather, MusicSkins, will take care of it).

The skins, which as indicated previously are being offer specifically for Seagate’s FreeAgent Go series of external hard disks, take the form of vinyl skins that are applied to your FreeAgent Go HDD units using ‘patented 3M adhesive technology’ that, according to Seagate’s press blurb, ensures smooth application (free of air bubbles) as well as easy removal should you decide that your particular skin is no longer to your tastes. Additionally its claimed that the application of the skin allows for further protection of your drive in offering additional scratch resistance – which is a bonus.

“Our FreeAgent Go portable hard drives allow people to store their personal digital treasures in a slim, fashionable, easy-to-carry package. It makes sense that they would want to add their personal stamp to the drives,” said Terry Cunningham, senior vice president, Seagate Branded Solutions. “Your photos, music and movies are a reflection of who you are and through our partnership with MusicSkins, you can now have their drives reflect your personality, too.”

Yes, if you’ve always wanted an image Tiddles the Wondercat to adorn your external HDD you’re sorted and though skins for drives are nothing new, its nice to get things sorted at the point of purchase (thus reducing hassle). Still, from a copyright perspective, we cannot help but wonder where things stand should you want to use other’s images (press images, images of music personalities, etc) as, in order to produce said skin, the image will need reproducing. Quite where things stand on that we don’t know but we’re sure someone reading this who’s ‘in the know’ will offer some clarification.

If you want to order your truly personalised Seagate FreeAgent Go HDD you can do so now whereas, if you already own a FreeAgent Go and you want to skin it, you’ll be pleased to know that you can avail yourself of a skin directly via MusicSkins to apply yourself with each FreeAgent Go skin setting you back just $20 a pop.