We'd already seen an earlier version of the Iomega eGo 250 GB when it sported both a USB and a FireWire connection, but this latter version has done away with the latter and now only features a single USB 2.0 port.

Along the way, the design has changed little apart from this shift in technology, and we're glad to report that the glossy case in a choice of colors still looks good.



Iomega is far from the market leader when it comes to miniaturization though, and for 250 GB disks, these eGos are pretty large.

While LaCie's Little Disk or Maxtor's One Touch 4 Mini both slide easily into a shirt pocket, you're going to need a generous pair of jeans if you're planning on carrying the eGo around with you in a pocket.

And the extra size and weight don't do anything to improve the speeds on offer where the eGo also lags behind.

On average, it reaches 27.8 MB/s when it comes to reading data, a figure which doesn't really cut it next to the 30.6 MB/s of Maxtor's One Touch Mini.

To cut a long story short: there are other hard drives out there with smaller footprints and faster data transfer rates.