Hard drive maker Seagate has announced a new storage device designed specifically for thin mobile devices. The hard drive is called the Seagate Ultra Mobile HDD and it promises seven times more storage capacity than a traditional 64 GB tablet with the same power needs. The storage device is a traditional hard drive promising the […]
PQI has unveiled a new line of dual-port USB flash drives, the Connect 201. Coming in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB sizes, these ultra-compact and lightweight flash drives feature a USB 2.0 connection interface and a micro-USB connection interface, and make use of COB (Chip-on-Board) technology. The Connect 201 will go on sale from September 13th for around $29 (8GB model), $39 (16GB model) and $59 (32GB model), respectively. [PQI]
Most card readers boast compatibility with almost every memory card format on the planet, but odds are you only ever use a couple of them at most. So Lexar has created a modular alternative it’s calling the Professional Workflow HR1, with four bays that can be customized with your choice of compact flash, SD, or XQD card readers.
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Seagate’s 5mm hard drives already have a home in slender laptops; today, they’re coming to to Android tablets through the company’s new Ultra Mobile HDD. The 500GB disk augments the existing 5mm design with a speedy 8GB flash cache, a tougher enclosure and firmware that improves both the energy consumption and shock tolerance. In theory, the Ultra Mobile HDD gives Android slates the capacity of a laptop drive without giving up the speed or resilience of flash storage. It will be a while before anyone can verify those claims, as Seagate hasn’t mentioned any customers or ship dates. The company does have something to tide us over, though — it’s previewing a Rescue and Replace service that will offer both data recovery and drive replacements later this year, starting at $30 for two years. Check out details of both the Ultra Mobile HDD and the recovery service in the press releases after the break.
Source: Seagate
Someone was did an amazing job of predicting the future when they put that strange slot in the center of your dash. Spooky. [Reddit]
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Here comes a new line of USB 3.0 flash drives from Lexar, the JumpDrive M10 Secure. Available in 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB capacities, these high-speed flash drives come with a USB 3.0 connection interface, a built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption and EncryptStick Lite software for securely protecting your files. In terms of performance, the JumpDrive M10 Secure can deliver read/write speeds of up to 100/20 MB/s (16GB model), 100/30 MB/s (32GB model) and 100/55 MB/s (64GB & 128GB models), respectively. The 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB models are priced at $34.99, $57.99, $99.99 and $189.99, respectively. [Lexar]
Western Digital is bringing you their newest line of portable hard drives, the My Passport Slim. Coming in 1TB and 2TB sizes, these slim portable hard drives feature a metal enclosure, a USB USB 3.0 connection interface and a built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption, and come with WD SmartShare Pro data protection software (allows users to back up their data to their My Passport Slim and keep an extra copy in their Dropbox account for peace-of-mind). The 1TB and 2TB models will be priced at $99.99 and $149.99, respectively. [Western Digital]
What exactly is happening with Apple’s next iPhone? Will it be substantially cheaper? Come in gold? Or even sport a fingerprint scanner? And will it be enough to keep Apple on top, now that it’s up against two software-hardware chimeras? The company’s making plans for next week and we’re likely to see not one, but two new iPhones revealed. Alongside a predictably retuned iPhone 5 (the 5S?), we might see the long-awaited appearance of a new, cheaper model, rumored to arrive under the 5C moniker.
Tim Cook has yet to make his mark on the company product-wise — regardless of Apple’s continued financial health. Steve Jobs was apparently well-involved in the development of the iPhone 5, even if it launched on Cook’s watch, so a freshly designed phone or two could finally be his launch: a chance to silence critics and show them where he’s taking Apple.
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Lexar produces a wide range of flash storage devices including memory cards for virtually every smartphone camera that you can imagine. The company has unveiled a new impressively high-performance micro SDXC memory card aimed at enhancing mobile video capability. The card promises transfer rates as high as 600x. That 600x transfer rate is equivalent to […]
Western Digital has announced the launch of the new and very portable external storage device for mobile users. The storage drive is called the My Passport Slim and is the first 2 TB thin drive with a metal case that also features hardware encryption. The encryption is 256-bit hardware-based to protect any data you put […]
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