If you’re looking for a high-speed, high-capacity flash drive, then here’s what Kingston just cooked up to fill that void: the Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 3.0, a USB flash drive that offers 225MB/s read and 135MB/s write speeds (on a USB 3.0 connection) in a drive that packs in up to 256GB of storage. Basically giving you the power to store up to 10 Blu-ray discs or 54 DVDs in your pocket. This kind of performance won’t come cheap though; prices start at $193 for the 64GB version, while the 128GB model costs $377. The top-end 256GB version is still listed as “coming soon,” but you get where this is going. It’s not for the faint-of-heart. Official press release and promo video after the break.
Hey look, another wireless external drive for iOS devices! We’re not really complaining; in fact, we love these things. Like stuffing peanut butter into chocolate bars, we can’t get over how much of a good idea wireless mobile drives are. Kingston just announced the Wi-Drive, a portable drive with a built-in wireless connection specifically made for adding storage to Apple’s iOS devices. Which makes sense, since just about every other brand offers a microSD card slot.
Memory maker Kingston has just announced that they’ll be boosting the performance on their second-gen SSDNow V Series line of mainstream drives without having to raise the price. Now, the performance upgrade is nice and all, but we’re loving the pricing part; that’s good news for anyone (like us) looking to upgrade to newer solid state drives but aren’t willing to fork over a serious amount of dough.
Here’s something you might want to check out if you’re looking for a little bit more security from something that should be as simple as a flash drive. Kingston has just announced the DataTraveler 5000, a drive with a capacity of up to 16GBs and enough data and physical protection that’s good enough for the government.
It’s no secret that solid state drives are the future. They’re faster, more durable, and they need less power to operate compared to traditional hard drives. Unfortunately, it’s also no secret that gigabyte for gigabyte, they’re also significantly more expensive than platter-based hard drives. If you’re looking for just enough to raise your PC’s performance, Kingston offers a quick fix by releasing the SSDNow V Series Boot Drive with TRIM support, a 30GB solid state drive that promises to accelerate boot up, shutdown, and application load times.
