Sorry if we’re the sort of folks to look a gift SD card reader in the mouth, but while we’re oh-so-happy that Apple finally opened up application-enabled hardware development in iPhone OS 3.0, we really wish an accessory like this had been available for the iPhone right from the start.
The new zoomIt SD card reader from zoomMediaPlus adds a bit of external, swappable memory to the iPhone and iPod touch at long last, giving you the ability to store your iPhone’s pictures on the card, or pull stuff off it onto your handset using the free zoomIt app.
Interestingly, this is coming to light just a couple weeks after we saw Apple’s own similar solution for getting cameras into the iPad mix — the SD and USB-adapting iPad Camera Connection Kit, which will be a mere $30.
There’s no word if Apple’s adapter will work with the iPhone (we doubt it) or if the zoomIt will work with the iPad (perhaps), but the $60 pricetag on the zoomIt is a bit of a turn off. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Storage
- Date: Sep 5,2009
Other World Computing’s Mercury On-The-Go lineup has always struck us as somewhat overpriced and completely overstyled, but it’s tough to argue with 750GB of space in a bus-powered portable drive.
The newest addition to the company’s On-The-Go Pro range is a 750GB model that spins at 5200RPMs and packs 8MB of cache; we won’t even begin to tell you what all you could fit on three-quarters of a terabyte, but if your imagination already has you tempted, you can snag one now for as low as $229.99 if you’re kosher with a USB 2.0-only configuration. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Storage
- Date: Feb 29,2008
Don’t worry, you’re not losing it — yet, anyway. Corsair has indeed already launched a 16GB (and 32GB, for that matter) Voyager flash drive, but its forthcoming Voyager GT promises access speeds “up to four times faster” than standard USB 2.0 drives.
Furthermore, this one comes housed in a water and shock resistant all-rubber casing, and could be entirely more appealing if that keyring slot were expanded to open bottles.
Nevertheless, Corsair’s hoping that you’ll find enough to love to drop $169.99 after it debuts at CeBIT in just a few days. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Storage
- Date: Jun 19,2007
Months after Hitachi announced their big 3.5-inch, 1TB drive, Samsung and Seagate have finally matched that capacity by sheepishly launching their own 3Gbps SATA disks. Sammy does it all with efficiency boy, by spinning 3x 334GB platters to Hitachi’s 5x 200GB platters (10 heads) or Seagate’s 4 platters (8 heads) of 250GB each.
That little trick should keep the weight, decibels, and power draw of their SpinPoint F1 (pictured) to a minimum. Hitachi’s Deskstar 7K1000 still packs that impressive 32MB buffer which Samsung and Seagate can only aspire to with their 16MBs of respective cache. Expect both of the newcomers to be priced around $400. Cheap, but we’ll be holding our wad for the inevitable head-to-head (to-head) shootout we’re sure somebody is cooking up.
Read — Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
Read — Samsung SpinPoint F1
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Storage
- Date: Jun 6,2007
SanDisk has tossed a few more entries into its ever-expanding line of Cruzer USB flash drives, with its new Cruzer Professional and Cruzer Enterprise models offering a few additional perks for more security-minded folks. Both drives are available in 1, 2, and 4GB versions, and each boast the same 24MB/sec read time and 20MB/sec write time.
Opting for the Professional model, however, will only get you some basic security features, including a “Privacy Zone” that’ll let you password-protect as much or as little of the drive as you’d like. The Cruzer Enterprise, on the other hand, boasts mandatory password protection for the entire drive, along with a set-up process that forces users to create complex passwords. The Enterprise drive will also work with Sandisk’s Cruzer Enterprise Central Management & Control server software, which’ll give businesses central back-up and restore capabilities, and even allow for remote termination of lost drives.
If that meets with your approval, you can snag the Enterprise drives now for between $75 and $185, or save a few bucks with the Professional drives, which’ll set you back between $55 and $155.
[via Engadget]
