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The all new FreeAgent Go Hard Drive is very sleek and stylish in it’s make. This external storage device can be purchased for $99.99 and the price goes up for higher capacities. It is an extremely thin portable drive so it looks very trendy. The FreeAgent Go from Seagate is available for 250GB, 320GB, 500GB and 640GB capacity. This new portable device on the block is not just about looks , it performs as well.
There is automatic back up in case you are afraid of losing data. The set up process is also very easy and the hard drive comes with preloaded software.The FreeAgent Go comes in ten different colors and is so sleek that you will love to carry it around.
As storage space has continued to grow, we’ve seen numerous different solutions for those looking for something a bit more portable for laptops or even to use between multiple computers. While network storage devices and adding more internal storage are always options, external hard drives are the way to go for most people.
External hard drives have been a dime a dozen over the past several years, leaving the consumer stuck with some generic or over priced device that isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. So when Hammer Storage sent us their MoreSpace 500 for us to review, we defaulted to being skeptical. Surprisingly enough, that left us even more satisfied with the product then we could have imagined.
Prices of Solid State Disks (SSD) are dropping like crazy recently. Don’t believe me? Check out what Dell has started offering:
Their XPS line-up has been well known for having versatility all around. But being able to buy a 128GB SSD for the XPS M1330 and M1530 laptops for just $450 is quite the price cut.
While this is nowhere near as good as the type-o we saw reducing the price of the upgraded SSD to $80 less than the regular system, it’s a step in the right direction for the format that everyone is craving to get in larger quantities.
The drives are direct from Samsung too, so that’s got to same something for the quality.
Research into the different layers of DVD’s and CD’s have brought about a lot of new information and advancements in just these past few months. The biggest news of it all? 400GB Blu-ray discs.
By taking one Blu-ray disc and dividing it into 16 layers, all curved and angled differently, the disc can be read in numerous ways, allowing for that maximum storage space to be attained. The only issue with all of this new technology is that there is going to be a big need for a new type of laser.
To demonstrate the glory of this increased capacity, Pioneer, the leaders behind this technology, have created the disc and the appropriate player to show exactly how it works.
Now just image burning 400GB of anything. Let’s hope we skip the x1 burn phase.
With the race to create the largest flash memory cards ever continuing, it looks like Microdia will go down as the first to release a 64GB CompactFlash Card. While many companies where in development, the Australian based Microdia will be launching their 64GB card before the end of June in Australia but no word yet on when it will hit the states.
Officially named the Microdia 64GB XTRA ELITE CF, the card sports an impressive 45 MB/s read and write speed. The press release from Microdia is available below for you to read as well.
BRISBANE: Flash memory company, Microdia, launched its new business in Australia with a world-first 64 GB compact flash card shown first at PMA — the Microdia XTRA ELITE CF card has a 45 MBS data transfer rate and can store up to a claimed 19,000 photos.
Microdia founder and CEO, Louis Leung, said that it specifically chose the PMA expo in Australia to launch the new card as a demonstration of the company’s commitment to the local market as well as a showcase of its credentials.
“We have only been in Australia for a matter of weeks, and decided the best way to demonstrate our capabilities and intent to offer the world’s best flash memory products here was to launch this product at Australia’s leading professional photography trade show, PMA.”
Although a new brand to the Australian market, Leung pointed out that his company has an established track record in memory technology.
“As a new brand to Australia, but as the world’s second largest flash memory company — in terms of production capacity — with a 17 year history, globally launching the 64GB CF card in Australia at PMA will give us tremendous early momentum in this market.”
Microdia’s claim that the 64GB card can store up to 19,000 high resolution photos is based on a 20 megapixel camera taking jpeg images.
TDK has just launched a new line of SSD Flash Memory Chips. These models are merely 1.8" and are equipped with AES encryption known as DDS HS1.
They’ll be running at a read speed of 100mb/s and writing at 50mb/s, pushing SSD to the point where we’ll soon be seeing these types of memory chips replacing standard hard drives very soon.
While you won’t be purchasing these chips on your own, the new TDK Flash Memory Chips will be making their way to devices rather soon in 16 GB, 32 GB, and even 64 GB varieties.
Iomega has just announced the release of their new Iomega® Media Xporter Drive. The Media Xporter, which is a 2.5” 160 GB external USB 2.0 hard drive, is specifically designed to be compatiable with the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. In fact, owners of the Media Xporter will be able to download software that will allow the user to transfer music, pictures, and video to the Xporter drive from an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 console and view those files on the TV without a Digital Media Adapter.
The Iomega® Media Xporter Drive is available in the United States now and retails for around $120.00.
Kingston Technology Company, Inc. recently announced the release of their new DataTraveler® Blackbox USB Flash Drive. The Blackbox, which is currently available in 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB sizes, is one of the most secure flash drives commercially available. In fact, the Blackbox is the first flash drive from Kingston that has received the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) Certification from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Communications Security Establishment of the Government of Canada.
The 256-bit AES encryption that the Blackbox brings to the table comes with a price, however, as the 2GB Blackbox retails for $165.00, the 4 GB drive retails for $242.00, and the 8GB drive retails for $424.00.
If you’ve ever wanted to buy a flash memory card that was already full of junky content, then Kingston is here to fill that need! Their new 1GB microSD with USB reader will soon be launched with the ever popular music from artist Ricky Martin’s Black & White Tour. I didn’t even realize that he was still popular enough to use in a marketing situation.
The microSD card can be erased so that you can actually enjoy the memory card for what it was intended to do, store your extra junk. And surprisingly, it appears that Ricky Martin only makes an appearance as data on the card and on the packaging itself making this a good deal when you find the product listed on Woot.com’s Two For Tuesday Woot within the next few months.
Toshiba announced just last week that Japanese consumers would be able to purchase their 128GB SSD HD as soon as April in their line of notebooks. Apparently, Toshiba has managed to produce this very large solid state disk for well under the price of their competition and well over the size as well. Their MLC SSD’s are capable of reading at 100 MB per second and writing at 40 MB per second, which makes it significantly faster than a 7200 rpm hard drive thanks to the use of a new SATA II interface.
Let’s hope consumers are more open to Toshiba’s line of SSD as the Dell line received fairly poor reviews.