Western Digital (WD) today kicked out some new portable USB hard drives which look good and are easy to carry. They are known as the My Passport Elite Portable USB Drives and are available in two sizes: 250 GB (around $170) and 320 GB (around $200).

WD’s My Passport Elite drives connect to a USB port to transfer data back and forth and are also USB-bus powered, so they don’t need their own power supply. They sport a soft-touch finish, weigh less than five ounces and come in multiple colors.

Technical aspects of these drives include a capacity gauge to let you know how much storage space is left, synchronization with support for 128-bit encryption of data and compatibility with select video game consoles for media file management. WD’s drives are available now.

WD My Passport Elite Portable USB Drives