Samsung announces 500GB S2 external HDD with Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT pre-loaded

Samsung unveiled its S2 portable external hard drive back in September of 2009. The drive has been around for a while now and Samsung has now announced a new special edition version of the S2 HDD.

The special edition version of the S2 has 500GB of storage space and will ship pre-loaded with Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT film. The launch of the special edition HDD is timed with the launch of the Jackson film and will hit stores in Europe on February 22, 2010.

Along with the pre-loaded film, the drive will also ship with software for data backups. The software includes Samsung Auto Backup allowing automatic scheduled backups or real-time backups. The drive will also ship with SecretZone software for encryption content on the drive. Pricing and availability outside Europe is unknown at this time.