The Imation MOBI 3000 Series and PRO 7000 Series are now available in a 32GB capactity for a suggested retail price of $699.99 and $1,159.99 respectively. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
Imation Corp. (NYSE: IMN), a worldwide leader in removable data storage, today announced the availability of its Solid State Drive (SSD) solutions. Imation brings its global marketing, distribution and technical service expertise to its solid state drives that are powered by Mtron, a technology powerhouse in SSD solutions. Imation's SSD portfolio includes the MOBI 3000 Series for high performance end users, and the PRO 7000 Series, ideal for enterprise, corporate and IT infrastructure applications with extreme performance needs. The products use industry-leading solid state storage and controller technology to accelerate the performance of high availability enterprise applications.
If you'd like to read more, Transcend's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
Transcend Information, Inc. (Transcend), a worldwide leader in flash memory products, today introduced two new high-capacity USB portable storage devices - a 16GB and 32GB version of its popular JetFlash V20 flash drive. The versatile V20 features an attractively shaped pearlescent chassis with a semi-transparent color-band that lights up during use. Its smooth contoured design fits comfortably in your hand and slips effortlessly into any pocket or purse. With the V20’s copious amount of storage space, you can easily store all of your personal files, music, digital photos, and even full-length HDTV movies and still have space left over for work or school documents.
The Flash Voyager GT is available now for a suggested retail price of $169.99. More information is available on Corsair's website. Add a comment
Corsair www.corsair.com, a worldwide leader in high performance computer and flash memory products, announced a new 16GB high performance “GT” Flash Voyager USB 2.0 drive. The new Corsair 16GB GT Flash Voyager USB drive will be debuted at the CeBIT 2008 Show next week in Hanover, Germany on Corsair’s stand (Booth 40 in Hall 21).
The new Flash Voyager GT USB drive provides data transfer rates that are up to 4X faster than standard USB 2.0 drives. Whether transporting office files, pictures or even full-length movies, you can “store-n-go” faster with the Corsair GT USB line. The drive has been optimized to take full advantage of its advanced flash controller technology as well as the screened and hand-selected NAND flash chips.
The SanDisk FlashBack Adapter is being demonstrated this week at CeBIT and will ship worldwide in Q2 for a suggested retail price of $29.99. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
You’re at a conference and someone spills coffee on your laptop PC, shorting out the system and cutting you off from your presentation and notes. Or your computer slips out of your hands and crashes to the floor. These are moments that everyone dreads, but today SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) unveiled a rescue option - a lifeline for laptop users called the SanDisk FlashBack Adapter. This unique device fits into the ExpressCard slot of your PC, automatically and continuously backing up and encrypting critical data onto an SD flash memory card.
Whether your PC suffers a system failure or a full hard drive crash, the SanDisk FlashBack Adapter allows you to access your content safely from the memory card. Designed for the millions of newer notebook computers that have an ExpressCard slot, the SanDisk FlashBack Adapter offers a reliable, easy-to-use system to protect critical files by copying them automatically and instantly to an optional SD or SDHC memory card of any capacity. And with the backup card nesting completely inside the laptop, the system is literally out of sight. Nothing protrudes from the PC and nothing needs to be attached to any other port.
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced today that it has begun mass producing 64 GB solid state drives (SSDs) with its new SATA II interface, offering the highest performance rates in the industry for premium notebook PCs.
Able to read data at 100 megabytes per second and write it at 80 megabytes per second, Samsung’s SATA II SSD is up to 60 percent faster than SATA I drives and performs two to five times faster than conventional hard disk drives (HDDs). It also consumes nearly 75 percent less power than typical HDDs (1.45 watts compared to 2.1 watts) and at 73 grams, SSDs are much lighter than HDDs.