World's first 256GB USB flash drive!

World's first 256GB USB flash drive!

Kingston Technology Europe announced the launch of the world's first 256GB USB flash drive, the DataTraveler 300.

"The DataTraveler 300 will enable users to carry huge volumes of data with them everywhere they go – up to 365 CDs for example," said Kirsty Miller, product marketing manager – consumer, Kingston Technology Europe.

It is built to order only; customers who wish to purchase the drive can place an order with resellers and e-tailers.

Specifications:
Capacity: 256 GB
Speed: Data transfer rates of up to 20 MB/sec read and 10 MB/sec write
Includes Password Traveler security software for Windows
Does not require administrator rights to access the privacy zone
Dimensions: 2.78" x 0.67" x 0.87" (70.68 mm x 16.90 mm x 21.99 mm)
Operating temperature: 0 to 60 degree Celsius
Storage temperature: -20 to 85 degree Celsius
Enhanced for Windows ReadyBoost on Vista-based systems



http://www.techspot.com/news/35509-kingston-unveils-worlds-first-256gb-usb-flash-drive.html

 

I would be worried to carry that much data on a flash drive since they seem to fail after so long. I have had 2 nice high end usb flash drives just up and die on day.

If 16gb of stuff was devastating i can imagine losing 200gb+ of stuff

and lol @ somebody that buys this for ready boost.

 

Any link for how to readyboost technology?

 

Plug it in on a Vista OS computer and it will pop up asking you if you want to use it for ready boost. Say yes.

Thats all you have to do.

Ready Boost is all about speed, a fast drive is important not a large one, and its really mostly only usefull for a computer with less than 2gb of system RAM

 

It looks good but really? about 1000$? I would rather buy a pocket hdd. it may be bigger but you can fit it in your pocket still.

 

That will take hours upon hours upon hours to transfer files to and from.

 

Yeah and I would think that that would be damaging to the unit, as flash drives tend to get hot if they transfer for long times.

Get a 1.8" SSD and a nice slimline external enclosure for it is what I would do if this was a product I needed.

For most people a 2.5" external hdd will do if you needed to hold lots of data and have it portable.

 

Yeah you can buy a 1.8" X-25M + slim enclosure + eSata/USB and pay less than this thing costs.

 

imagine someone dedicate the drive for readyboost. LoL

 

As someone who seems to have a compelling need to always have the largest possible usb flash drive size.. (I just got a 128 GB drive) I can honestly say that I haven't found any reason for a drive bigger than say 32 GB. (and that was for creating a trucrypt vault with a hidden partition of a decent size).

 

Yeah this product is more of a "look what we can do" kinda thing. I really dont see anybody that has a potential use/need for it that wouldn't turn to a faster/cheaper/larger 2.5" external drive.

 

indeed. who wants to copy for 3.64h to fill/read a usb stick? (at its best case)

with usb3.0, it "could" get interesting to put such a stick directly into the mainboard. then again, why not just use sata? or pcie? haha.

no, i don't see the use for it. i only use usb sticks for booting windows setups mainly. the rest goes over network, homeserver, ssd.

 

Whatever if its hot or expensive, but I must agree one thing that Kingston has brought a new technoloy putting 256 gb in a small drive.

 

8 years ago we were: woah 16MB, craaaaaaaaaaaaazy :O

 

Like someone said, this is basically a "look what we can do!" thing. If I ever need to transfer files, I'll just use my 500gb external hard drive instead of a little overpriced flash drive.

 

Man, I still remember the 1.44mb disks. Think Imation came out with these neon colors.... was really cool. lol.

When I first went into undergrad 5 years ago my webmail had 30mb and it was like "whoaaa" especially coming from Hotmail..... now it has 15GB.