Information in the ear, or a small memory shustraya
"At the moment, I - the only one happy owner of this jewelry," - smiled, marketing manager at Pretec Ingrid Wu, removing an elegant earring and inserting it into the USB-connector on your computer. "This is our presentation of" - she explained.
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| That same shackle ... |
Companies Pretec, the author of more than one hundred patents in the field of memory cards and USB-drives, the developer of the famous standard memory cards CompactI / O, also known as CF, and the manufacturer of the smallest USB-drives of 2003, along with Intel-ohm was isolated a separate room that looked more like a boutique rather than a demonstration space technology company. All the left wing was covered with booths, upholstered in black velvet and painted them a variety of elegant ornaments and accessories - tie pins, key rings and pens ... All accessories are made on the basis of the new standard CU-Flash, the company has demonstrated in January at the International Consumer Electronics Show 2005. Drives made by this standard, fully compatible with USB, but substantially different in design from its predecessors, having a size of ten (!) Times smaller: storage size of the standard (21 x 1.9 x 1.9 mm) make them very similar to the SD card and RS-MMC. For comparison: it is considered so far camym miniature drive iDisk Tiny from Pretec, has size 32 x 13.5 x 4.5 mm (about these devices, see below).
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| Those same USB necklace ... |
With their small size, they maintain the highest market rate of data transfer - read 166H (24.9 MB / s) and 80X for recording (12 Mb / s). In the production of a patented Pretec auto technology, the cost of these drives can be as low as $ 6 - a figure that will force many manufacturers start. "We tried to present a new concept, in which the USB technology is transformed into an accessory - explains Ingrid. - Unfortunately, our sales channels do not correspond to this format, so before the show we have not yet made a final decision about whether to go for sale accessories with our trademark. However, at the Computex products interested in a number of distributors, so I guess, on completion of the exhibition, we again discuss this matter with our management. At the moment I can say with certainty that in the second quarter of this year will go on sale pens CU-Flash ". In the same period, according to the Distribution of a press release, are expected to appear normal CU-Flash cards with memory capacity from 16MB to 1GB. According to customers' requests, the cards can be equipped with an authorization for access to information, protection of the recording and automatic start.
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| Handle with CU-Flash drives go on sale in June |
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| On the timing of the release of this elegant tie clips yet unknown |
CU-Flash cards are now candidates for the PDA, which will significantly increase the chances of memory: the same Pretec has released a series of USB drives iDiskII capacity 32MB, 4GB, and here at Computex 2005 was also presented iDiskII 8GB, announced earlier but have not yet gone on sale. Like other drives in this series, iDiskII will be released with pre-mail client FlashMail, as well as security and MobileLock SecretZip. Mobile Lock will configure the computer so that it will only work when inserted in the USB-connector iDiskII, and SecretZip protect your files and archives with a password. According to customer's device can also be mounted module Bluetooth. Read / write drive is 16MB / s and 12Mb / s, respectively. Developers also promise to iDisk II 166x, which will provide speed to 25MB / s read and 12 MB / s on record - a record the options that were first presented by the example of iDisk Tiny 166x, showcased here. Cool? Of course, great. Such records! Such volumes! Such speed! And now the cold water: expected price of the device, which will appear soon, is 999 U.S. dollars.
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| All the champions in pedestale Honor |
Despite the fact that the iDisk Tiny 166x, mentioned above, was introduced in January, he had not yet gone on sale, and proudly showed off the stand as a novelty. It is USB-drives iDisk Tiny series have been awarded the magazine "Time" award "the best device in 2003" (Best Gadget 2003). Also in progress drives this series was attended by such giants as Nokia, Alcatel, Yahoo, Visa, OKWAP, Mitac, Micron and others. Good news: in the second half of this year are expected to appear iDisk Tiny 266x, which means even greater speeds of up to 39.9Mb / s and 19.9Mb / s read and write, respectively. About the price, unfortunately, no information yet. Among the USB drives on the stand were also represented in his time flashed on the news unusual "indicator Ghost" (Ghost radar) and "USB-land": it turned out that both devices are released in Japan by Solid Alliance, used the stuffing from Pretec. Funny drives, filled in the form of land became the most popular in Japan, but to the indicator of ghosts in Solid Alliance seriously. "It's not a toy, it - the meter" - said during the release of a model vice president Yuichiro Saito. Recall that according to the description, the light begins to glow when it detects "unusual magnetic fields", which many viewed as a direct indication of paranormal activity. Judging by the color, showroom Pretec citizens from the other world to this day have not visited. "Anyone spotted during this time? - I asked for Ingrid." Oh, yes! To my horror indicator works in my office. We measured even when the equipment off and on, but stubbornly indicator is lit, so that the return to the office is always a little scary. "That's how. But some scary do not want to go to work and without any indicator ...
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| Indicator ghosts |
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| USB-land |
And, finally, map the standard Secure Digital (SD) with a new high-speed interface, presented earlier, but so far the market has been received. Works on technology "Dual Channel" is based on a 16-bit bus architecture that provides the speed 133x (20MB / s), which exceeds more than twice the rate of the previous generation (the 60s, 9Mb / s). On the stand were presented cards with 256MB, 512MB and 1GB (soon also pledged to 2GB). Unfortunately, no information about the price again unavailable.
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| New speed SD. Very soon. |
Features a new series of SD memory card from Pretec: