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At present, there seem to be three strategies to embracing the potential of USB 3.0 — go all out with an external SSD, introduce a hulking RAID-on-a-stick, or settle for a single-chip USB key with ho-hum maximum read/write speeds of roughly around 80MB / sec and 60MB / sec. There are a number of these barely-better-than-USB-2.0 flash drives floating about, but Patriot decided not to settle for that — its new Supersonic flash drive uses the mythical “quad channel” technology (and a native USB 3.0 controller) to eke out some extra speed. That allows Patriot to beat down the USB 2.0 straw man with 70MB / sec writes and 100MB / sec reads, and possibly justify a pricing premium if the company can’t manufacture them on the cheap. If the Supersonic sounds like the best of all worlds for your portable data, you’ll find it in 32GB and 64GB configurations starting Q1 2011. No word on price quite yet.

Patriot intros Supersonic USB 3.0 flash drive, milks 100MB / sec from a single chip originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 11 Dec 2010 03:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Get it straight, vaquero — this ain’t your mum’s flash drive. LaCie’s newest diminutive slab of aluminum is a solid state drive for your keyring, boasting transfer rates as high as 260MB/sec, 30/60/120GB capacities, a rugged metal casing and a USB 3.0 interface. You’ll also get AES 256-bit encryption and 4GB of online-accessible Wuala storage, but you best not lose it. LaCie will be dinging your credit card for $149.99, $249.99 or $479.99 from least capacious to most, so you may want to take out an insurance policy on this guy before taking it out into the wild. Safety first and all.

Continue reading LaCie serves up SSD-based USB 3.0 FastKey, charges a pretty penny for it

LaCie serves up SSD-based USB 3.0 FastKey, charges a pretty penny for it originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Crapgadget: Animal House redux edition originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It sure is hard to differentiate yourself in the highly competitive world of ever-shrinking USB storage. To avoid this trend of disregard, Verbatim has sent its latest offering off to paper management school and the results are now apparent for us to see. The new Clip-it comes with an added incision in the middle of its lilliputian body that allows it to act as a paperclip or maybe even a handsome accessory to your geek chique outfit. Verbatim makes sure to tell us (about eleventy times) that the Clip-it has scooped up a red dot Design Award for its ingenuity, and prices the thing at eminently affordable €8.99 (2GB) and €11.49 (4GB) levels. Those correspond to $12 and $15.34, respectively, meaning you could have the whole set of seven colors for less than what you’d have to spend on just one iWatch.

Continue reading Verbatim’s Clip-it is a USB drive with paperclip ambitions

Verbatim’s Clip-it is a USB drive with paperclip ambitions originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 01:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve all been there: hands punched violently into pockets, conspicuously affected by the visceral industrial hum of big city decay. If only we had this $25 limited edition 50th anniversary 2GB “stomper” USB drive to complete our ensemble. Who knows, in the right hands it might have helped Jesus build a hotrod.

Doc Marten USB drive makes puppies look skinny, gristle throb originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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