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Brando offers the USB Neck Strap that features all the functionality of an ordinary neck strap along with the integrated 2GB of flash memory for you to carry your data wherever you go without losing it. Sadly, the 1.6cm-wide ribbon comes in only one color – bright yellow. The USB Neck Strap retails for $38 at Brando.
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Corsair claims its Flash Survivor USB 2.0 flash drives to be the industry’s toughest USB drive. The device is water resistant up to 200 meters, vibration proof due to the rubber molded collar shielding, and is pre-loaded with a 256-bit AES encryption security application. The Flash Survivor offers a sustained read/write performance of 34MB/s and 28MB/s respectively, which is nearly 500% faster than standard USB flash drives. The 4GB version retails for $59.99, while the 8GB model retails for $129.99.
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The Memorex Poker Chip USB flash drive provides 1GB of data which is enough to store your family pictures, an average music collection, or even some important office documents. It even comes with a pre-loaded (Texas Hold) PC poker game. There is no word as to how much the Memorex Poker Chip USB flash drive will cost. This gadget will be available in Target stores by the end of April.
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Check out the “Pirates of the Caribbean Flash Drive” from A-DATA. It is housed in a golden colored casing and comes loaded with movie poster wallpapers, and 9 MSN display pictures. The flash drive is available in capacities of 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB. Pricing is still in a mystery.
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Here is the Drobo, the world’s first storage robot. It can combine 4 SATA I/II HDDs of any sizes together to form a single virtual disk, which makes this robot an extremely useful storage device. The users will be able to store huge amounts of data including images, videos, and more. It was also designed to protect and secure the data and is both Mac and Windows compatible. Drobo retails for around $1000.
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SimpleDrive External Hard Drive from Pininfarina has a One-Click backup button that allows you to back up your important data or only selected files with a single click and with Hi-Speed USB 2.0. The built-in capacity meter also allows you to view the utilized disk space. What makes this hard drive special is that it has a blue circle of light on top which indicates the amount of space left on the drive. The device is available in five colors and six sizes: fire red (160GB), pearl white (250GB), sapphire (320GB), onyx (500) and charcoal gray (750GB and 1TB). The 160GB model starts at $100.
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Other World Computing (OWC) has rolled out a 160GB palm-sized portable hard drive which is claimed to be the world’s fastest portable HDD. Known as the Mercury On-The-Go hard drive, it runs at 7,200 rpm and connects to your computer via USB 2.0 or FireWire 400/800. In addition, its 200GB version runs at a slower 4,200 rpm. The OWC Mercury On-The-Go 160GB portable hard drive retails for $280.
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The Seagate FreeAgent Go Small is a tiny little USB hard drive that offers 12GB of storage capacity. It is similar with the Mini Cube that we reported several days ago. The hard drive also provides a swivel-out USB connector. The FreeAgent Go Small retails for $143.99 with 5 year warranty.
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Samsung’s SpinPoint line of hard drives boasts superior performance in a quiet package. This 3.5 inch Samsung SpinPoint S166 comes with SilentSeek and NoiseGuard features that produce 15% less noise than another 7,200 RPM hard drives. The device will be available in 80GB and 160GB capacities, with a noise rate at 24dB and 27.5dB respectively. In addition, it also features a new fly-height adjustment technology, optimized actuator assembly, and an upgraded controller. The new SpinPoint hard drives will be available this month. The pricing was not disclosed.
Samsung is constantly pushing the technology envelope with the introduction of new and innovative products that meet the computing needs of today’s most demanding customers and operating environments,” said TJ Lee, vice president of sales and marketing at Samsung Electronics’ Storage System Division. “This latest technology development by Samsung in the new SpinPoint S166 Series makes our high-end, award-winning hard drive products attractive to a wider audience by even further reducing acoustic noise and improving disk data transfer speed.
Via UberGizmo
PQI has unveiled its new generation of USB flash drive. Known as the Intelligent Drive i810, the Super Drive utilities PQI’s own patented Intelligent Stick Interface and is fully compatible with USB 1.1 / 2.0. The drive is also designed to be water, dust, shock and vibration proof. Take your data pictures, music, etc with you in a stylish way and establish a new fashion. The Intelligent Drive i810 is available in pink or iron gray. Pricing is still unknown.
Available from 512MB up to 2GB in capacity with a mobile phone dongle design, PQI Intelligent Drive i810 is easy to use and convenient to store. The hairline treated casing gives it an elegant look. The PQI Intelligent Drive i810 measures 30 x15.2 x 5 mm, weighs 2.2g ± 0.5g and is compatible with OS: Windows Vista, XP, 2000, ME, Mac 10.1 or above.
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