Remember when LaCie somehow got out attention when they came out with USB flash drives—or USB keys—that were shaped like silver keys? It seems the obvious novelty has caught on. Here comes Active Media Products and their take on the key-shaped USB key called the MotKey. Available in 4 and 8GB capacities, the MotKey is still unique in its own right, with a shock and scratch-resistant rubber housing designed to make it look like a car key. (In comparison, LaCie’s CooKey and WhizKey drives look like stainless steel house keys. See? They’re different.)
Active Media Products, the people behind the Polar Bear drive, Penguin drive, and the Panda drive, has just come out with a new animal to stick into a USB port with the Koala drive. It’s built with an eco-friendly silicone rubber case that’s waterproof and shock-resistant, allowing it to be dropped, bounced, soaked, frozen, stepped on, and otherwise beat up without fear of losing data (which makes it more durable than the real animal).
Active Media products has announced the upcoming launch of a new line of SATA solid state drives that run on a new Jmicron JM612 controller called the Predator-X7. To be offered in capacities from 32GB to 256GB, the new drive is built for fast file transfers.
Storage company Active Media Products have just announced the Aviator 312, a new line of solid state drives that use the new SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface. Available in 16, 32, and 64GB capacities, the Aviator 312 promises transfer speeds of up to 4.8Gb/sec via the USB 3.0 bus—ten times faster than the current USB 2.0 interface.
Active Media’s new device fuses two everyday basics by fitting a flash drive inside a premium ballpoint pen. Tagged as the Executive I (which might mean that there’s more to come), the device is designed with premium materials that include a carbon fiber barrel and a chrome-plated upper half. The chromed upper unscrews to reveal a 4GB USB 2.0 drive that should work on Macs and PCs.
