Iomega iConnect Revealed [Wireless Data Station Lets Your Thumb Drives Act As NAS's]

Iomega  has shown off a new device called the Iomega iConnect, a wireless data station that provided networked access for thumb drives and external drives. Simply put, the iConnect attaches to your network via a Cat6 Ethernet cable, and anything (anything meaning any external hard drive or USB thumb drive) plugged into its three USB ports will become NAS for your network.

The iConnect is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux and the iConnect will have a web address that will let users remotely access content and administer the settings for the iConnect. From the web portal, users can start BitTorret downloads and trigger backups from remote machines.

Printers plugged into the iConnect can also be networked to become shared printers, and iConnect lets you transfer the data from one drive to another with the ‘QuikTransfer’ button. Iomega has thrown in some photo viewing and backup software, too. It’ll go on sale later this month and will cost you $100.