WD 1.5TB External Hard Drive 
Western Digital’s best-selling My Book external drive is an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all the chapters of your digital life. The latest 1.5TB Essential edition now features visual, easy-to-use, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection. At last, beauty, brains, and simplicity together.

Western Digital My Passport Essential 1TB hard drive
Western Digital have released a 1TB version of their portable external hard drive My Passport range.  Available in the Essentials, Essentials SE and Mac range they are available now.

According to recently published a ZDNET.com article Western Digital have announced 1TB versions their My Passport Essential range of external USB hard drives.

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Manufacturer’s Description
Maxtor Basics External Desktop Hard Drive safely stores your work, your photos, your songs, your digital videos, your memories. Ideal for home and office, it is easy to use – just connect the power adapter;then connect the USB cable into your PC or Mac and your your Maxtor Desktop Hard Drive appears as another drive on your computer.

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Seagate external desktop drives provide extra storage for your ever growing collection of files. Instantly add space for more files, consolidate all of your files to a single location, or free-up space on your computer’s internal drive for improved performance.Setup is straight forward, simply plug in the power supply and USB cable and you are ready to go. It is automatically recognized by Windows®, so there is no software to install and nothing to configure.

Hitachi SimpleTech SimpleDrive™ – Simply better external storage and backup. This is a Plug n’ play, easy to use Turbo-powered USB 2.0 external hard drive that claims to be upto 25% faster for file transfer.  The drive comes with SimpleDrive’s back-up software already installed giving a high level of protection to your data. 

Simple to install. Just plug it in and power up and you are ready to go. This is very good value for an external HDD.

Verbatim’s External Hard Drive provides high capacity storage back up for all file types offering high performance and reliability to both the professional and home user.
Store thousands of digital photos, videos, music and other electronic files. Powered by a SATA hi-speed hard drive, the external hard drive races through the most demanding audio/video applications.

These elegant portable drives are simple to use, light and easy to carry, and require no power adapter — they are powered directly through the USB cable.* Works with Windows® and Mac®. Synchronize files between home and office and encrypt everything on the drive for added security.

One of Amazon.com’s best sellers. The Western Digital 1TB External Hard Drive is a very reliable add-on storage device. It plugs in to a USB 2.0 port and quickly adds additional storage to your PC or Mac. The drive is preformatted and can be used immediately.