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HyperDrive COLORSPACE UDMA

Written by IT News on 12:51 AM

Although the cards have reached the impressive size of today, they can still prove to be enough for some photographers, who take thousands of pictures in maximum resolution on during a visit. And if the meeting happens to be somewhere in the wild, a portable photo storage solution could be that will help users store their photos without having to carry around a notebook or laptop.

As Imaging-Resource informs us, an interesting solution has just been launched at Photokina of Sanho Corporation, namely Hyper Drive colorspace UDMA, resulting company's second Hyper Drive image storage devices. The device certainly has a lot going for it because, besides packing a very generous HDD (up to 500 GB), it also provides very fast transmission speeds.

Hence, the new Hyper Drive colorspace UDMA can UDMA 40 MB / s transfer rate, the backup of 2GB in a minute with full data control. The real-time CRC copy control ensures data integrity of the backup without increasing the download time, while SMART monitors the hard disk status and looks for potential problems. In addition, the built-in tools to retrieve data are formatted, deleted, lost or damaged files from the memory card.

According to the manufacturer, the new Hyper Drive is also the only image storage device in the world to show true RAW images from virtually any digital camera, even medium digital backs on its built-in high-resolution 3.2-inch QVGA color display, which orientates automatically to portrait or landscape mode, depending on how it is held. The device also packs quite a potent rechargeable battery, a Li-Ion battery, which allows up to 250 GB of backup copies per battery charge.

Another interesting feature of the Hyper Drive colorspace UDMA is the ability to mirror their data with other Hyper Drive drive or external hard drive via the USB OTG host technology. Incremental Backup can download the only new data on the card or a USB device, skip the previously saved data.
The connectivity is actually pretty much what one would expect of such a product. Thus, the device sports two slots to support 14 of the most popular memory card types (CF Type I / II, MD, SD, SDHC, MMC, MS, MS MagicGate, MS Select, MS PRO, MS PRO MagicGate, xD, xD Type M / H), and a USB 2.0 interface for connection to a host computer or another Hyper Drive.

The Hyper Drive colorspace UDMA will hit the shelves in selected stores sometime in October, retailing for 340 up to 600 U.S. dollars depending on the specific storage (80GB through 500GB). [source softpedia]

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MiniStation TurboUSB

Written by IT News on 8:44 AM

When it comes to having you with the possibility of carrying so much data as you need, we are talking about a large warehouse. It happens, especially if you are a person that you should always have on hand the documents, photos, business presentations, high quality video and all kinds of other documents and data. A useful part of such person shall be determined by the Buffalo technology through the launch of its new 500 GB USB drive in the United States on Monday.

In MiniStation TurboUSB Drive operates at the speed of 5400 revolutions in a moment, and he can offer 30% faster transmission speeds than other USB devices. This is a USB 2.0 and 1.1 compatible and has a wraparound cable, which can be used when traveling. Its size is reduced considerably, since the measures only 5 inches to 0.8 inches in one to 3.3 inches and consumes 2.5 W maximum.

Buffalo used a shock-resistant technology to protect the drive from any physical damage. Drive protected from strikes or falling, being surrounded by shock-absorbing material, as well as being suspended between its plastic shell designed to resist impact. Moreover, in Buffalo in SecureLockWare prevents access to the data to any persons, if the disk is lost or stolen.

Portable drive can be connected to any PC or Mac, and does not require any drivers, as it previously formatted and ready to use. The fact that it is both Windows and Mac OS X compatible gives it even greater functionality. In addition, it comes with Memeo in AutoBackup features, which assures you that your data secure.

Buffalo tried to show their commitment to creating high performance, as well as to develop reliable products that come to fulfill the needs of consumers. "In today's mobile society, consumers and professionals should be able to take their digital content with them anywhere. They require high bandwidth solution that can accommodate all their music, photos, videos HD or mission-critical data," said, Takayuki Nishioka, general director of "Buffalo Technology, USA.

Buffalo, one of the leaders of the world's wired and wireless networks, memory solutions and data storage devices, will run this way is one of the highest possibilities of portable storage devices on the market. MiniStation TurboUSB can also be found on the capacity of 120 GB, 160 GB, 250 GB and 320 GB. Product Buffalo accessible through the Internet, other online resellers and distributors, estimated to cost $ 329. Buffalo offers a one-year warranty on its products.