Wednesday, 17 December 2008

Buffalo Intros RUF2-KL 8mm-Thin 16GB Flash Drives

Buffalo Japan today introduced a new line of flash drives with capacities of up to 16GB in an enclosure no more than 8mm thin. There are thinner drives out there such as the tiny iRiver Domino, but they don’t come close to offering this amount of storage.

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Monday, 15 December 2008

OCZ Throttle: eSATA Flash Drive With USB Connectivity

OCZ technology recently unveiled an eSATA Flash Drive with built-in USB connectivity, similar to that of Kanguru’s e-Flash Drive announced back in November. Like the e-Flash, it offers fast eSATA transfers on computers equipped with the port, or ordinary transfers over USB for those that don’t, so you can have the best of both worlds when working between different computers.

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Thursday, 27 November 2008

Buffalo Japan Launches Tiny MicroSD-Based Thumb Drives

Buffalo Japan have today announced the release of a new ultra-small USB thumb drive that makes use of a removable MicroSD chip to store data. The drive is essentially a tiny implementation of a microSDHC card reader and comes bundled with your choice of 1GB, 2GB, 4GB or 8GB cards, though you can use your own.

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Wednesday, 19 November 2008

Kanguru e-Flash: eSATA joins USB For A Faster Thumbdrive

For those of you who can’t wait for the 10x speed increase from the recently finalized USB 3.0 specification to be implemented, here’s a novel device that may help to bridge the gap. Called the Kanguru e-Flash, it is essentially a flash drive that pairs the traditional USB connector with a high-speed eSATA plug for a 5x increase in transfer speed.

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Tuesday, 2 September 2008

You Call That A Flash Drive: Transcend Unleashes 64GB Monster

Transcend yesterday introduced a capacity-barrier-smashing monster called the JetFlash V20 USB flash drive. With the same capacity as the MacBook Air’s costly add-on SSD, this new thumb drive is quite a marvel.

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Wednesday, 2 July 2008

Swiss Knife: Now with 2GB Memory And Laser Pointer

Good ol’ Victorinox have released a new model of their legendary Swiss Army Knife which comes armed with obligatory blade, scissors and nail file along with two modern day essentials, a USB drive and laser pointer.


The model is called the SwissMemory Laser and also includes a retractable ball-point pen, screwdriver and keyring.


The 2-gig model retails for $148 while those on a tighter budget can pick up a 1-gig version for $105.

Sounds like the perfect combination to me, although may I make a suggestion Victorinox? How about some little solar panels to keep the battery charged? They could be placed under the transparent casing to protect them from damage.



Sources:
Swiss Army Product Page
Via PC Launches

Friday, 20 June 2008

Huawei E180: World’s Slimmest HSPA USB Stick Includes Built-In MicroSD Slot

Huawei Technologies has announced its E180, which it claims is the world’s slimmest HSPA mobile broadband USB stick.


The unit measures only 10mm thick and supports the entire spectrum of mobile networks including HSPA, UMTS, GSM, EDGE and GPRS.


The E180 is capable of achieving speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps downstream and 5.76 Mbps upstream via its rotatable USB connector that can be turned 270 degrees (presumably back into the casing for protection).

What makes this device really special is the clever integration of a MicroSD slot so that you can use the one device for both mobile broadband and data storage. It supports a card of up to 8GB.

It will be available globally this month.

Source:
Huawei Press Release