Iomega Makes Full Switch to USB 3.0

Rich Gates August 25, 2010 USB News, USB SuperSpeed

Iomega is charging forward with USB 3.0 technology integrated into all their products.Â Despite the fact that recent reports [In-Stat] indicate USB 3.0 will be slow to adaption throughout 2011 and 2012.

Iomega says the change will not cost consumers a penny more in retail cost, but will deliver faster transfer speeds.Â USB 3.0, as we’ve reported, has a theoretical max of 5Gbps but we’ve only seen 70MB/s as best performing drives at the moment. Iomega continues their promise of better performance with not only speed performance, but now a “drop spec” of up to 7 feet before you can expect any kind of damage or malfunction with the device. Iomega’s drives come in 500GB and 1TB size starting at just $119. Source:Â Inquirer.

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Rich Gates

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