Although we want the super high data transfer speeds offered by SuperSpeed USB 3.0 technology, but we also want those USB 3.0 devices to come in smaller form factor. It’s great to know what has been the smallest to date among those many USB 3.0 devices in the market.
The Apogee-branded Astro Drive A101 is said to be the smallest USB 3.0 flash drive to date. It boasts maximum read and write speeds of 180MB/s and 130MB/s respectively; which are at least 10 times faster than a USB 2.0 device that usually reach 30 MB/sec read and 20 MB/sec write speeds.
The Astro A101 USB drive is available in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB capacities. The outfit is in dual-color design of red and silver. Unfortunately, there is no information about the price or the availability.
via everythingusb
March 8th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
[...] of up to 180MB/s for reading and 130MB/s for writing to. These speeds allow it to function at up to ten times quicker than a similar USB 2.0 device which typically would have a maximum speed of 30MB/s read and 20MB/s [...]
June 14th, 2010 at 8:41 am
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