Compact storage on the go! Is Iomega’s catch phrase for their 60GB mini hard drive. This little guy comes snuggled in a leather case and boots up via USB-power so no additional cables are needed. Power switch gives you control of the device and at just 3.5 ounces you really can take this anywhere. But at the $260 price tag it makes for a tough sell to those savvy about storage options.
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Today Lexar announced their new USB flash drive the SAFE PSD S1100. This a compact, high capacity UFD (USB Flash Drive) which uses three layers of security to insure access and control remains with the owner of the device, it’s called PSD-Lock or Personal Storage Device Lock. The PSD-Lock is an embedded device-access control technology that enables USB device locking and unlocking, and seamlessly integrates into Microsoft Windows.
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Who says a hard drive can’t spoon feed you information? Today, SmartDisk introduced their Always-On Display palm sized USB hard drive, FireLite Xpress. The award winning, always-on display is readable without power, identifies the drive by a user-designated name, indicates the last date that information was recorded and provides a table of contents for the drive. The display provides excellent readability even in direct sunlight (so they claim) and allows for wide-angle viewing and exhibits high brightness to contrast.
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Need to save more than 12 hours of game saves, or how about 4,000 pictures so you can view them on your PSP? SanDisk to the rescue with their new 4GB Pro Duo Game Card for PSP. This Pro Duo Memory Card is in response to the growing demand from power users on the PlayStation Portable. “The PSP has clearly become more than just a gaming device,†said Wes Brewer, SanDisk’s vice president of consumer products marketing. “Since there is no internal memory for the PSP, a Memory Stick PRO Duo flash card is the only way to store large amounts of entertainment
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The Microsoft Xbox rumor-mill is at it again because of some new information surfacing about the Xbox 360 HD DVD drive. Without being too specific Microsoft indicated their new 360HD DVD drive will be available sometime during the 3rd quarter of ’06 and failed to point out whether the unit will support the HDMI interface in its HDCP anti-piracy system.
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Transcend today introduced the JetFlash V20 USB flash drive to bridge the gap between large capacity and accessibility. Based on the design of Transcend’s best selling JetFlash™ 120, the V20 features the same shapely chassis and semi-transparent colored mid-band that glows during use. The pearl-white JetFlash™ V20 suites any USB enabled desktop or notebook at home, work or school. USB flash drive size range from 512MB to 4GB.
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DriveStation from Buffalo is their new entry of SATA via USB 2.0 entry into the market. Some key features include, auto power On/Off with PC bootup, Secure Lock Ware is software to protect the IP on the drive, a fast 7,200rpm speed, fanless design and stackable configurations to maximize storage while minimizing space.
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Nantai Technology, a leading USB device manufacturer, has put a new face to USB flash drives, but what face is it? We sat around for a while trying to figure this one out. Anyone have ideas? With a swivel memory chip and USB port this little guy is as small as 64MBs or as large as 1GB.
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iPOD might be hearing the footsteps from Venzero and their new release MP3 player. The little guy is slick in design at just 98x58x12mm and large QVGA display measuring 50mm. The Venzero ONE has RSS feed capability and Podcasting compliant so you can take your favorite blog (like this one) or news real with you. With a huge 8GB HHD capacity,
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The all new MP3 E Series Walkman from Sony is reloaded and ready to go. With a range of colors to choose from, you’ll need several to fit every occasion. Not only is the Sony MP3 E Series available in a variety of colors
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The OneTouch III Mini Edition from Maxtor is one storage unit packed with features. The USB hard drive has so many convenient features for the traveling businessman who needs storage, it would be hard to live without. To throw some stuff out there, how about
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Now here is a fun idea to kick around – how about make a USB flash drive in the shape of a soccer ball. Flastar Electronics did just that with their F-PL002 Football-shaped USB flash disk drive with Read Speed of 1,000Kbps. The soccerball (or football) comes in sizes from the very small of 32MB to the very large of 2GBs.
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