Silicon Power Armor A50 Portable HD

 

Silicon Power have created the Armor A50 rugged hard drive that comes in four different capacities of 250GB, 320GB, 500GB and 640GB.

Each of the drives are built with an aluminium construction and actually meet military standards for being capable of drops and shock. The MIL-STD 810F is the standard that requires rugged drives to meet certain conditions. The Armor A50 drives meet those specs.

For connectivity you have a USB port working at either 2.0 for highspeed file transfers or 1.1 for legacy type stuff. The rugged drives also support a one touch backup system that allows specified data to easily backed up in a hassle free way.

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Wooden Clip Flash Drive keeps your data close

Keeping your USB drive from getting lost isn’t always the easiest task out there.  On occasion it almost seems close to impossible.  Especially for those that have a hectic lifestyle, it’s easy to lose track of something so small.  Well the design of this drive might help things out a bit.  It’ll clip to anything you need it to stay clipped to, because not only is it a USB drive, it’s a clothes pin as well.

Something very similar to this was covered quite some time ago, but the big difference between this drive and that one is that this one is easily purchasable.  Instead of only finding a designer’s website, you can pick it up from a retailer that’s well known for their novelty gadgets.  You can find the drive in a total of 3 different sizes.  There is the 2 GB, the 4GB and the 8GB, which is a great range of sizes for the general public.  They’re also not priced too badly.  They start out at $20, then $21 and finally the 8GB is $34.  You can pick up all three of the sizes the USB Brando.

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LaCie and Philippe Starck join forces

Ever seen products designed by the famous Philippe Starck? If you’re a huge fan of this work, then you might want to consider his latest collaboration with hard drive manufacturer LaCie, where their teamwork has resulted in the LaCie Starck Desktop Hard Drive and the LaCie Starck Mobile Hard Drive. Both of these new models will offer much more than Starck’s iconic touch – they’re intelligent designs through and through, and here’s Starck’s artsy-fartsy explanaiton of his work, “Technological genius explodes exponentially, each time with incredible power whose limits are yet to be known. The power remains, never abating, symbolically characterized by the sculptural magma that one attempts to cleave, to master within this geometrically perfect strongbox. A symbol of strength mastered, of freedom guided, of incandescent magma heeding to the form of its cast. The interpretation is free. But the mystery remains.”

The LaCie Starck Desktop Hard Drive and LaCie Starck Mobile Hard Drive will both come encased in aluminum that is tough enough to handle the everyday rigors of work, boasting a durable exterior that protects the hard drives within from shock and overheating – perfect for you to access your data whenever you need it, wherever you are. The LaCie Starck Desktop Hard Drive comes with a status LED that will resemble Starck’s signature symbol, glowing in the all-too-familiar orange or green color to point out the current activity taken by the hard drive. As for the LaCie Starck Mobile Hard Drive, you get a built-in USB cable that is uniquely placed for convenient storing and data accessibility.

Both models will connect to computers using the USB 2.0 interface – sorry folks, you’ll just have to wait for some time more if Starck decides to dream up of another design that will cater to USB 3.0 fans. This makes it PC and Mac friendly, and will ship with LaCie Backup Assistant and LaCie Desktop Manager software to help you format, back up and customize your hard drive any way you like. The LaCie Starck Desktop Hard Drive will come in in 1TB and 2TB capacities, retailing from $129.99 onwards. As for the LaCie Starck Mobile Drive, you can choose from 320GB and 500GB capacities, with prices starting from $99.99 a pop.

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Enigma - 192GB USB Flash Drive

The Gresso Enigma USB memory is shaped like a decorative star and it can be worn like a necklace, like so many other storage devices we have seen lately. But Enigma is special - it comes with an amazing 192GB storage capacity.

"ENIGMA is a real breakthrough in the world of USB Flash Drive. This is the first USB Flash Drive with 192 Gb memory. It is due to the outstanding shape of the case which is capable to hold 3 flash cards, each of 64 Gb.
ENIGMA collection is executed of 200-year-old African Blackwood and plenty of fancy diamonds embraced in 18K yellow or white gold."

"The collection includes two lines - Constellation and Labyrinth. Every model is furnished with natural caoutchouc strap, which turns a USB Flash Drive ENIGMA from a high-tech device into a jewellery pendant."

The line of Enigma USB flash drives available through Gresso is a limited edition of 99 pieces. The price is set to 5000 EUR (about $6,400 USD) a pop.
(Via Chip Chick)

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