Category: Storage

Iomega Offers Skin-branded Portable Hard Drive

Iomega Skin Branded Portable Hard Drive Picture

Iomega and Skin Industries offered a new line of Skin-branded portable hard drive at $119.99. The hard drives offers 500GB capacity with the Drop Guard protection in three available unique Skin-branded designs and colors: (1) Radical Skin with retro Skin-branded printed logo design on a black top with a vibrant yellow base, (2) the Red Hot Skin with a Skin Swipe logo printing on a red top with a black base, and (3) the Knock Out Skin that has a dark and mysterious aura with a Skin Gothic logo design on a silver top with a black base.

[Iomega]

Samsung Launched New 512GB Solid State Drive with Toggle-mode DDR NAND Memory

Samsung launched the new high-speed 512GB SSD (solid state drive). The 512GB SSD uses a 30nm 32 gigabit chip with toggle-mode DDR NAND flash memory and the SATA 3Gbps interface. It also offers Samsung’s brand new low-power controller for toggle-mode DDR NAND. Those specs make the 512GB SSD has a maximum sequential read speed of 250 MB/s and a 220MB/s sequential write speed, while its 256bit AES encryption offers data protection.

[BusinessWire]

A-DATA Announced the N005 USB 3.0 Flash Drive

A-DATA N005 USB 3.0 Flash Drive Picture

A-DATA announced the new N005 flash drive. The N005 uses SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports which gives faster read/write speeds and up to 85MB/s transfer rate. It is available in three capacities: 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB, and housed in a sleek and stylish aluminum body with a silver-gray coat.

[Tweaktown]

Corsair Offers 16GB Padlock 2 Series

Corsair Padlock 2 USB Flash Drive 256 Bit Encryption Picture

Corsair offers a new model of Flash Padlock two series, the 16GB model. This secure USB flash drive also features 256-bit AES encryption and a user-defined PIN to protect the stored data, just as it successor. User can entered the PIN through an integrated keypad. Works through USB 2.0 ports, this secure flash drive is compatible with Windows, Mac, Linux. The Corsair secure flash drive is available at Amazon.

[Corsair]

OCZ Vertex 2 and Onyx Series 1.8-inch Solid State Drives

OCZ Onyx 1.8-inch SSD Picture

OCZ Technology released two new 1.8-inch solid state drives (SSD), the Vertex 2 and the Onyx. Pack in a lightweight alloy case, both SSD feature MLC NAND flash memory, SATA II interface and 64MB memory. The Vertex 2 excellent performance is boost by SandForce controller, up to 285MB/s read speed, 275MB/s write speed, and 4KB random writes up to 50,000 IOPS.

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Corega Released the CG-HDCUS3F USB 3.0 HDD Enclosure

Corega CG-HDCUS3F USB 3.0 HDD Enclosure Picture

The CG-HDCUS3F is a new USB 3.0 hard drive enclosure released by Corega for Japanese market. Though packs SATA and SATA II 3.5-inch hard drives with up to 2TB capacity, this hard drive looks sleek and slim. It comes with USB 3.0 SuperSpeed interface which provides faster transfer speed and, at the same time, also compatible with the USB 2.0 ports.

[Corega]