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NewerTech has unveiled a new adapter that turns your eSATA external drives into USB 3.0 gear. Using this eSATA to USB 3.0 adapter, you can adapt the eSATA drive to USB 3.0 to enjoy the data transfer speeds up to 5Gb/s. The kit includes the adapter and the USB 3.0 cable. The NewerTech eSATA to USB 3.0 adapter sells for $29.95 each. [NewerTech]
Marshal Japan MAL-2235SBK Double Rack USB/ eSATA enables you to easily clone Sony PS3 hard drives sans computer. The device also functions as a regular HDD docking station and connects to the PC or Mac via USB or eSATA. The MAL-2235SBK can hold either 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch hard disk drive. If you want one, you can buy Marshal Japan’s latest Double Rack USB/ eSATA for 7,950 Yen ($91). [Geek Stuff 4 U]
Samsung is ready to release a revamped version of its STORY Station external hard drive that comes with the eSATA interface offering a super fast data transfer speed of up to 3Gbps. Available in 1TB, 1.5TB, and 2TB of storage capacities, the storage device is also backward compatible with USB 2.0 interface with a slower transfer rate of 40Mbps.
The 3.5-inch Story Station Plus drive is encased in aluminum and features Samsung’s low standby power design, which reduces standby power by 96% to 0.1W from the usual 2.5W. Samsung will release the STORY Station Plus worldwide very soon. The 2TB model is priced at $299. [Press Release]
Still remember the Asus O!Play HDP-R1 media player hat we mentioned back in July? Asus today announced the availability of this gadget in the US market. Priced at $99.99 each, this media player is compatible with a wide variety of codecs with 1080p resolution including MPEG1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, and RM/RMVB. The Asus O!Play HDP-R1 also has eSATA and Ethernet ports. [Engadget]
QNAP Systems has finally released the QNAP NMP-1000 networked media player that was debuted at 2009 CeBIT. The device supports BitTorrent Server, FTP Server, remote web browser access, and DLNA compliant. The QNAP NMP-1000 can function as an external USB or eSATA drive to your PC. The gadget supports most of famous multimedia file formats including XVID, H.264, H.263, WMV9, VC1, AVI, MPEG/MPG, MKV, FLAC, WAV, WMA, AAC, PCM, AC3, and OGG. Pricing info is still unavailable so far. Video after the jump. Read more
PhotoFast’s G-Monster-eSATA/USB device is currently available in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB capacities. The device provides read and write speeds of 175MB/sec and 100MB/sec, respectively. The PhotoFast G-Monster-eSATA/USB will be released at the end of this month in Japan. [Product Page]
Green House has launched new Express card and PCI Express eSATA devices called the GH-EXC-ESA2. It features two eSATA slots (3.0Gbps), a JBOD external drive, and supports RAID 0/1. with a PCI Express version also available. Both are Windows XP and Vista compatible at the moment. No word on pricing or availability. [Akihabara]
If you want a hard drive and USB hub all in one then you might want to check out this USB to SATA/ESATA complete with USB hub, external USB 2.0 drive, 5-port USB hub, 2.5″ and 3.5″ SATA hard drives, SATA CD/DVD drives and eSATA drive enclosures. The USB SATA/ESATA hard drive with USB hub is going for $33 at Brando.
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