It comes bundled with a freeware version of SoundJam MP and a collecton of Aladdin utilities, in addition to VST's drivers and formatting utility. Granite Digital has been producing a full-height enclosure that has received high accolades from users and testers alike. At NAB, LaCie introduced a line of full-height FireWire drives based upon the new faster TI chipset. It is plausible that this chipset will find its way to the smaller portable drives. VST has also indicated that they are looking at the next generation of bridge hardware.
More speed is available immediately in full height drives.
This may even be of interest to mobile users if you don't have to do that rough cut on the red eye but can pack a slightly larger drive and edit in your hotel room. Incidentally, all of these enclosures have a universal power supply so you can do that edit in your hotel room whether you're in Times Square or Trafalgar Square. Then, plug the device into your computer and edit. You can skip the log and capture part. Now, granted, log and capture actually allows you to preview your footage and at least to me, that's an important component of the creative process.