Seagate announced its new line of FreeAgent external hard drive solutions for Fall 2008, a new generation of products that includes both desktop and mobile options for Mac and Windows operating systems.

FreeAgent Go is among the company’s top offerings, as one of the slimmest external drives available on the market today, which includes advanced shock and vibration protection in a small casing with a height of only 12.5 mm.

In addition to that, FreeAgent Go is also the first external drive with a docking option, offering a practical solution without cables for people who are on the road, in addition to the 500GB of capacity, the company explained.

“With the amount of content being created and consumed today, the average broadband household will soon need close to a terabyte of storage,” Jane Shields, research analyst at Park Associates explained. “With Seagate’s coupling of high-capacity, reliable and easy-to-use solutions with attractive designs, the company is helping more people to enjoy the benefits that come with backup and sharing of their digital media.”

Seagate informed that the FreeAgent Go desktop docking station will be sold separately. Free Agent Go will be available in several color options, including the popular silver, black, but also red and blue. Furthermore, the drive will come with a USB 2.0 travel cable.

In addition to the FreeAgent Go, Seagate also introduced the FreeAgent Desk and FreeAgent XTreme drives, two 3.5-inch high capacity desktop solutions with 1.5 Terabytes of storage.

Seagate introduced the second-generation FreeAgent storage solution offerings one year after first introducing them to the market. As Pat King, senior vice president of Seagate’s consumer Solutions Division explained, the new FreeAgent storage solutions take an extra step toward providing an easy-to-use technology in a consumer-friendly package.