Apacer has unveiled a new line of mobile flash drives, the ‘FlowerCandy’ AH172. Designed specially for Android smartphones and Tablet PCs supporting USB OTG (On-The-Go), these flower-shaped candy flash drives (8GB, 16GB & 32GB sizes) feature an eco-friendly silica gel casing and a USB 2.0 connection interface, and come in Romantic Peach and Fresh Blue color options. Prices unannounced yet. [Apacer]
OCZ is proud to announce a new line of SSDs, the Vector 150. Available in 120GB, 240GB and 480GB sizes, these ultra-slim 2.5-inch SSDs (7mm thick) are equipped with 19nm MLC NAND Flash memory chips, a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface, a Barefoot 3 M00 controller, a MTBF of 1.3 million hours and capable of delivering read/write speeds of up to 550/450 MB/s (120GB Model) and 550/530 MB/s (240GB & 480GB Models), respectively. Prices unannounced yet. [OCZ]
It’s been wall-to-wall good stuff in the Gadget Lab this week. Here are the highlights from the past seven days.
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Here comes a new line of USB 3.0 flash drives from Buffalo, the RUF3-PW. Coming in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB capacities (in yellow, green, pink and blue color options), these capless flash drives feature a push slide-out USB 3.0 connector (w/ auto-return mechanism) and promise to deliver a transfer speed of up to 70MB/s. The RUF3-PW will be available later this month for unannounced price yet. [Buffalo]
A couple of smartphones aside, 4K video has until recently been the preserve of pro-level equipment, and the memory cards found in most devices just can’t keep up. But the next generation of SD cards will change that.
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Silicon Power has introduced a new line of USB 3.0 flash drives, the Blaze B05. Coming in 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacities, these capless flash drives feature a matte surface to avoid scratches, fingerprint and dirt, a retractable USB 3.0 connector and an LED indicator for indicating data transfer status. Unfortunately, there’s no word on pricing yet. [Silicon Power]
Here comes a new 2-bay NAS server from Synology, the DS214+. Designed for small and medium business users, the device is equipped with a 1.33GHz dual-core processor, a 1GB DDR3 RAM, two 2.5-/3.5-inch SATA HDD/SSD bays (up to 8TB), 1x USB 2.0 port, 2x USB 3.0 ports, 1x eSATA port, 2x Gigabit Ethernet, RAID (0,1) & JBOD support, a built-in 92mm cooling fan and runs on Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM 4.3) OS. Unfortunately, there’s no word on pricing yet. [Product Page]
Kingston is proud to announce a new line of USB 3.0 flash drives, the DataTraveler Mini 3.0. Coming in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB sizes, these capless flash drives feature an attractive metal case, a USB 3.0 connection interface and can deliver read/write speeds of up to 70/10 MB/s (16GB Model) and 70/15 MB/s (32GB & 64GB Models), respectively. Prices unannounced yet. [Kingston]
Just a few months ago we were impressed with Western Digital
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HGST has begun shipping their newest helium-filled hard drive, the Ultrastar He6. Claimed as the industry’s first helium filled hard drive that simultaneously increases capacity while lowering power consumption and operating temperature, this 6TB 3.5-inch hard drive is equipped with a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface, a 64MB of buffer memory, a MTBF of 2 million hours and a 7200 RPM spindle speed. [HGST]
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