Corsair unveils Voyager Air; Wi-Fi, NAS device

CES 2013

LAS VEGAS: Corsair announced Voyager Air, a mobile wireless drive, home network attached storage, USB drive, and wireless hub.

With up to 1TB of capacity, a rechargeable battery, and Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and USB 3.0 connectivity, the Voyager Air enables digital media enthusiasts to consolidate an entire collection of movies, music, or other documents for sharing on their home network.

Media stored on Voyager Air may be accessed directly from a PC or Mac, or with a free Corsair app, streamed to Android devices or Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod touch devices. Voyager Air can be also connected to a home network to access media from network-enabled smart TVs, Blu-ray players, game consoles, DVRs, and streaming media boxes.

Available in 500GB and 1TB models, Voyager Air provides enough storage to hold up to 800 full-length HD movies or 380,000 MP3 files, says a release.

Voyager Air provides 802.11n/b/g Wi-Fi connections for multiple users at ranges up to 90 feet, and can stream high-definition video to up to five devices at once. The rechargeable lithium-ion battery provides up to seven hours of video streaming between recharges, the release adds.

Voyager Air can also function as a shared home network attached storage (NAS) drive by simply plugging it into a network router via its built-in Gigabit Ethernet interface. It can then be accessed by multiple users on any networked Windows, OS X, or Linux system to stream media or for file storage, media consolidation, and backup. Voyager Air comes ready to use in Windows format (NTFS) but Mac users can easily reformat to HFS+ for Time Machine compatibility. It's compatible with USB 2.0 connections as well.

Voyager Air will be available beginning early February. Suggested retail pricing is $179.99 for 500GB models and $219.99 for 1TB models.