"As consumer electronics continue to get thinner, lighter, and more portable, we recognized a huge demand to create a storage device that is in line with those trends," Toshiba Vice President Maciek Brzeski said in a statement.

"With the Canvio Slim," he added, "consumers can now easily stash their storage device right along with their Ultrabook, knowing that their data is always safe, even [when] they're on the go."