Kingston Launches USB 3.0 Pen Drive - its Fastest Yet

Kingston recently announced the launch of the Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 Generation 2 (DTU30G2). The DTU30G2 is Kingston’s fastest USB Flash drive using a native USB 3.0 controller to boost performance and power management.

Kingston’s DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G2 features the latest technology for USB 3.0 Flash drives, which should make it ideal for IT professionals and enthusiasts. According to the company specs, the new DTU30G2 has a read speed up to 100MB/s, and a write speed up to 70 MB/s. It is also backwards compatible with USB 2.0. When plugged into a USB 2.0 port, the drive should deliver read and write speeds of around 30MB/s. The DTU30G2 is available in 16-, 32- and 64GB capacities.

Speedy transfers

“The growing number of platforms and computers supporting the USB 3.0 standard as well as the benefits of the single chip controllers that allow better compatibility and performance are helping drive the adoption of USB 3.0 technology.” said Nathan Su, Flash Memory Sales Director, APAC Region, Kingston.

Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 Generation 2 is available through Kingston’s channel of authorized distributors, resellers, and retailers. Kingston USB Drives are backed by a five-year warranty and free technical support.

Update: Kingston to Ship 32GB Class 10 MicroSDHC Cards

UPDATE: Kingston Digital Inc. has announced today that it will start shipping the 32GB version of its Class 10 microSDHC Cards.

Kingston Digital Inc., today, announced the launch of its 4GB and 8GB Class 10 microSDHC cards. They already have a 16GB Class 10 card and are planning to launch a 32GB one in the second quarter of this year. The Class 10 cards have a minimum data transfer rate of 10MB/s. Kingston is also planning on launching mobility kits which include an SD adapter and a USB card reader. The SD adapter allows users to capture continuous images or videos in digital cameras while the reader provides a way to transfer data to a host PC. The Class 10 microSDHC cards will ship as part of the Mobility/Multi-Kit at the end of March.

Kingston's new microSDHC Class 10 card

Nathan Su, Flash Memory Sales Director, APAC Region, Kingston said, “Kingston’s Class 10 microSDHC cards are compatible with many of the latest mobile phones including Android smartphones and BlackBerry devices, hi-def cameras and the increasingly popular tablet PCs. The Class 10 speed provides faster data transfer rates and the various capacities help satisfy storage needs for users with both light and heavy memory needs.” 

Kingston microSDHC Class 10 Features and Specifications:

• Compliant: With the SD Card Association specification
• Versatile: When combined with the adapter, it can be used as a full-size SDHC card
• Compatible: With microSDHC host devices; not compatible with standard microSD-enabled device/readers
• File Format: FAT32
• Reliable: Lifetime warranty
• Capacities: 4GB, 8GB, 16GB
• Speed: Class 10 – 10 MB/s. minimum data transfer rate

The price for this microSDHC card has not yet been disclosed, but we will let you know as soon as we know.

USB Flash Drive or USB Web Key

Almost everyone knows what a USB flash drive, and most people will use one on a regular basis. USB flash drives are brilliant for storing and large amounts of data around, they are small, portable, attractive and easy to use and it is this reason that they have become a very "hot" promotional item. 

Companies love them because they know when their brand or logo printed on them almost always not once, but repeatedly used. By pre-loading files in them as sales brochures, presentations, media files, price lists, etc., they are able to deliver significant quantities of useful information to potential customers to deliver in a very cost effective way - and of course the continued use of the flash drive gives them long-term brand exposure. 

While the price of USB flash drives continues to fall, with some now costing less than £ 2 each (printed and stored data), it is still too expensive for some companies. A cheaper alternative and a solution, some companies opt for a USB Web Key. 

USB Keys Web looks like an ordinary USB flash drives - they have a USB connector at the end, and they come at the same level of body styles and shapes USB flash drives are available in. The main difference between them is a USB flash drive has an internal flash memory, which you can read / write data to and from the Web, while a USB stick has no memory, so you can not transfer files / data to store. 

While Web Keys has no available memory, they can save a website address. So when you connect to the Internet key to your PC or Mac, it will automatically begin the default browser on the PC and load the Web page stored on the network again. The web page can start a home business website, a contest page, a Facebook page, or you could deep link to a specific product page on a website. 

For example, if a company was launching a new product, so they could distribute Keys USB web in the form of the product or printed with details about the product and embed a link to a landing page on the product - this landing page providing information on product links to media files, links to pricing and technology magazines, links to MySpace and Facebook let customers track further updates on the product and so on. 

While a USB key Internet does not have a compelling reason to keep it and reuse it on a regular basis is a good way for prospective customers to visit your website where you can then get them to register and sign up through of (time) information about your company and its products and services. 

They are also relatively cheap, and if you choose a small, thin design so they can be sent by standard letter post "rates rather than very expensive" Packet Mail "rates. 

If you have an Internet central curiosity will probably mean that you will use and visit preinstalled. With web tracking and analysis rather than its quite easy to click-thru's track and from the work of the effectiveness of a campaign that a USB key using the Internet.