Apple Inc on Thursday said it began shipping an updated Time Capsule equipped with 2TB SATA storage.

The new 2TB Time Capsule features full airport extreme base station with 802.11n Wi-fi technology, weighing 1.6 kg and 1.4 inches height, a frequency band of 2.4GHz and 5 GHz simultaneously and it has secure Wi-Fi Protected access, NAT firewall, support for RADIUS authentication and time-based access control.

It is also compatible with Wi-Fi Certified 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11n enabled Mac computers, iPhone, iPod touch, and Windows-based PCs.

The new 2TB storage is now available immediately at retailed stores for $499 in replace of its low-end Time capsule of 1TB storage at $299.

For more information please visit http://www.apple.com/timecapsule/