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What do you think of the USB flash drive? I am quite sure that we have more or less seen our fair share of it over the years, so much so that many of us would have also amassed quite a “collection”, so to speak, from all of those press conferences that we have attended over the years, not to mention the various showfloors and conventions where exhibitors decide that USB flash drives are the way to go instead of DVDs. Well, each geek would need their very own USB flash drive, as I always claim, and you would not be able to put a foot wrong with what Corsair has on offer – delivering the Corsair Flash Voyager GO USB 3.0 flash drive in capacities of 64GB, 32GB, and 16GB.

The Corsair Flash Voyager GO USB 3.0 flash drive will come across as an exceptionally lightweight, thumb-sized drive, where it will obviously arrive with a USB as well as a Micro-USB connector for that added touch of convenience. This would be able to deliver convenient data transfer, where it would be useful when working in tandem alongside PCs, notebooks, and Micro-USB OTG-compatible Android phones and tablets.

Thanks to the Micro-USB connector on the Flash Voyager GO, it would pave the way for the transfer of videos, music, and photos from and between OTG-compatible Android devices while the USB 3.0 connector makes it a snap for easy and fast storage of those files to and between desktop and laptop computers. Apart from that, the Corsair Flash Voyager GO USB 3.0 flash drive would also be able to double up as a form of convenient storage expansion when it comes to OTG-compatible phones and tablets, helping free up precious device memory long the way.

The Flash Voyager GO would support USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 for high-speed transfer speeds of up to 135 MB/s, where it will be accompanied by a durable keychain and two caps, with one black and the other yellow in color. The Flash Voyager GO will come in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacities, retailing for $19.99, $29.99 and $49.99, respectively.
[ Corsair Flash Voyager GO USB 3.0 flash drive announced copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

LG Electronics has big plans for CES 2014, and two of those will include the most recent Ultra PC (Model 13Z940) in addition to their second generation Tab-Book 2 hybrid devices (Models 11T740 and 11T540). Sporting far slimmer designs, the company’s most recent PC products would weigh less than what their predecessors did, in addition to featuring a far more refined set of features without being too harsh in terms of its form factor. All of them will run on Windows 8.1 as the oeperating system of choice, while taking into consideration LG’s superior IPS display technology.

First of all, the LG Ultra PC, also known as the 13Z940 if you love to play around with model numbers, would tip the scales at under 1kg, where it will boast of a clean and minimalist design. LG’s streamlined model will be able to deliver improved processing, excellent graphics performance as well as an extended battery life courtesy of the Haswell Intel Core i5 processor. Not only that, the LG Ultra PC would also come with a 128GB or 256GB SSD, allowing you to enjoy instantaneous booting alongside greater user convenience. Other hardware specifications include a Full HD 13.3” IPS display that has a Super Narrow Bezel design that measures just 4.4mm thin.

As for the LG Tab-Book 2, this particular model will continue the good fight of its predecessor, where it will run on Windows 8.1 as the operating system of choice, delivering 10-point touch control as well as a slide-out QWERTY keyboard that remain hidden under the11.6” touchscreen display. Pressing a button at the side of the unit would allow the keyboard to glide smoothly from beneath the display as an immediate call to action. The flagship model 11T740 Tab-Book 2 is extremely svelte at just 16.7mm thin, which makes it ideal to tote around without causing too much unnecessary burden on your shoulders, tipping the scales at a mere 1.05kg. Pricing details for both devices remain to be determined as at press time.

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[ LG Ultra PC and Tab-Book 2 set to hit CES 2014 copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

LG’s current foray into the Android device market happens to be limited to just smartphones, phablets and tablets, but it seems that they are also taking off in a different tangent with Google’s Chrome operating system through the introduction of the all-in-one Chromebase computer. The Chromebase is a computer that will run on the Google Chrome operating system, where it will also be showcased at CES 2014 which is set to happen sometime next month. The LG Chromebase will bear the model number 22CV241, where it will offer the highly efficient Chrome operating system for a fast, simple, secure and affordable computing experience.

Apart from that, the Chromebase would feature a 21.5” widescreen Full HD IPS display that ought to pack in its fair share of pixels, so much so that your eyes will be able to appreciate all that you see there. The entire physical form factor of the LG Chromebase, too, will be pleasing to the eye, and it would not look out of place be it in your living room, in a bedroom, or over on an office desk.

Apart from that, the LG Chromebase can be the gateway to thousands of web apps in the Chrome Web Store, where majority of them will be able to function well offline in the same manner as they do online. Basically, this is an email writing machine, and will also work great for word processing tasks as well as simple spreadsheet crunching. Not only that, it will also have seamless functionality with other Google products including the likes of Gmail, Drive, Search, Maps, YouTube, Play and Google+ Hangouts.

Security wise, do expect integrated robust security, where it will make use of different layers of protection in order to keep users’ information safe and sound. Running on an Intel Celeron processor, the Chromebase will have 2GB RAM and a 16GB SSD underneath the hood. Pricing details remain to be determined as at press time.

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[ LG announces new All In One Chromebase Computer copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

I am quite sure that many of us have attended our fair share of trade shows and conferences over the years that we have amassed quite a collection of USB flash drives in our homes, so much so that these have become not valuable at all compared to the early days when a 32MB USB flash drive was all the rage, and hitting 1GB was like, “Whoa!”. Well, we just love the way that technology progresses over time, and here we are with the Kingston HyperX PREDATOR which offers a whopping 1TB of storage space, and fret not about spending huge amounts of time whenever you transfer data to and from it, as it will feature USB 3.0 connectivity to get the job done as fast as possible.

Having the Kingston HyperX PREDATOR around is definitely a boon, especially for those of you who do plenty of traveling and yet need to carry a portable hard drive around. The physical dimension of it is extremely small compared to even the smallest 2.5” portable hard drive around, although the latter has now achieved the 2TB capacity mark. It really depends on what you want to sacrifice – size or price?

Basically, the HyperX PREDATOR 1TB USB 3.0 flash drive performed as well as its smaller capacity brethren in most of the tests, but there is one major drawback to it. The thickness happens to make it nigh impossible to use normally just like a standard issue USB flash drive, even more so when you want to hook it up to a USB port that is located at the back of your notebook, and this is where the bundled USB 3.0 extension cable comes in handy. Another major talking point (negative one, unfortunately) would be the humongous price tag, as the 1TB model retails for $1,306.63 on Amazon.com. Imagine the number of portable hard drives you can purchase with that kind of money!

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[ Kingston HyperX PREDATOR 1TB USB 3.0 Flash Drive copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Samsung has achieved yet another first in their heavily feathered cap already, and this time around, it has something to do with the very first 1TB mSATA SSD in the world. This particular SSD would be known as the Samsung 840 EVO mSATA (mini-Serial ATA) Solid State Drive (SSD), where both the SSD’s thickness and weight are said to be around 40% and a twelfth of a typical hard disk drive, respectively. That is surely lightweight, and considering the far smaller size that it comes in, you can be sure that it will be tiny enough to usher in a new era of even smaller desktop computers!

It is said that this Samsung 1TB mSATA SSD will be able to deliver 98,000 random read and 90,000 random write IOPS (Input Output Operations Per Second) , not to mention sequential read and write speed of 540 megabytes per second (MB/s) and 520 MB/s. And no, you do not need to wait for a long time to pick up this puppy, since Samsung has announced that it will be made available later this month worldwide, where the exact launch date will depend on just which region it is rolling out in.

The Samsung 840 EVO mSATA SSD will continue from where the 840 EVO line-up left off, which was originally introduced in July this year at the Samsung SSD Global Summit. This model will boast of the compact mSATA form factor, which is roughly 25% that of a 2.5” SSD, and yet it does not compromise when it comes to the level of high density and high performance.

If you do not have the budget nor the need for 1TB of storage space, fret not – the Samsung 840 EVO mSATA SSD range will still arrive in other capacities for you to choose from, including 120GB, 250GB, and 500TB. Which particular model would you go for if you’re building your own PC from scratch?

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[ Samsung rolls out first 1TB mSATA SSD copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]