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The Inevitable 256GB Thumb Drive Comes to Pass, Courtesy of Kingston [USB]
Here's your cold, bitter, daily dose of hardware obsolescence: Just a month after passing the already-ridiculous 128GB barrier, Kingston has released the 256GB DataTraveler 300. It isn't available in the US, but if/when it is, it'll run around $900. [ Kingston ]
Kingston Technology Company - Flash Memory - DataTraveler 300
kingston.com — Data Sheet Kingston’s new DataTraveler 300 USB Flash drive is a convenient way to store, carry, and... transfer files. DataTraveler 300 contains high capacity storage for storing any digital content you can imagine. Your precious data will be password ... (more) Kingston Technology Company - Flash Memory - ...
Kingston Data Traveler 300 - The World's First 256GB USB Drive
Kingston Data Traveler 300 - The World's First 256GB USB Drive
geeky-gadgets.com — Capacity1 — 256 GB Speed 2 — Data transfer rates of up to 20MB/sec. read and 10MB/sec.... write Safeguarded — includes Password Traveler security software for Windows Convenient — does not require Administrator rights to access the Privacy Zone ... (more) Kingston Data Traveler 300 - The World's First 256GB USB ...
Kingston 256GB USB Flash Drive
Kingston 256GB USB Flash Drive
coated.com — Kingston Technology has come out with a high capacity USB flash memory drive that provides 256GB of... storage memory. Known as the DataTraveler 300, this is the largest flash drive on the market today with read/write speeds of 20 MB/s and 10 MB/s respectively. Backed by a Kingston 5 year ... (more) Kingston 256GB USB Flash Drive
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USB thumb drives hit 256GB mark
DVICE Atom Feed — ... That was about six years ago, and in that time solid-state memory has made a lot of progress. As in, three-orders-of-magnitude progress. Flash-memory purveyor Kingston now sells a thumb drive with a capacity 256 gigabytes: the DataTraveler 300. Yep, 256GB, all in single plastic wafer less than 3 inches long. According to the product page, that's the equivalent of 10 Blu-ray Discs, 54 DVDs or 365 CDs. It truly is a new era. Kingston, via Gizmodo

Kingston Data Traveler 300 lets you store 256GB in your pocket
Gizmo Watch — ... transfer rate is around 20MB/sec for read and 10MB/sec for write. It’s enhanced for Windows ReadyBoost™ on Vista-based systems 3. The access to the protected zone is not only confined to the administrator, it’s public by default. This USB drive can just be plugged into any 1.1 or 2.0 USB port.Kingston Data Traveler 300 comes with a 5 year warranty and for a whooping $900. You’ll prefer carrying a hard disk instead, isn’t it? Via: GeekyGadgets/Gizmodo

kingston data traveler 256 gb flash drive may be as expensive as your laptop
technabob — The latest member of Kingston’s Data Traveler USB drives is the Data Traveler 300, a flash disk with a gigantic 256 GB data capacity. 256 GB. That’s more than 50 DVDs. More than 40,000 songs. In your pocket. Mind blown. As always, cutting edge tech ain’t cheap: the “Buy” links in Kingston’s website all come up empty, so I’m assuming the Data Traveler 300 is not available yet, but Hardware Sphere and Gizmodo both claim that the flash disk will sell for about $900 (USD). For comparison’s sake, you ...

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