Flash Drive Surpasses Blu-ray Capacity

Samir Makwana, Nov 21, 2008 1831 hrs IST

Kingston's new offering - the DT150 USB drives

Kingston is shipping its all-new USB flash drive, DataTraveler 150, in 64GB and 32GB capacities. The massive boost in the USB flash drive under DataTraveler series allows more storage for digital files.

Do you recollect the time when we had 20GB hard disks? The DT150 64GB surpasses the storage capacity of Blu-ray Disc as well. The DT150 is compatible with Windows Vista (no support for Windows ReadyBoost yet), Windows XP, Windows 2000 (SP4), Mac OS X 1.3 or higher, and Linux with Kernel 2.6 and above.

As per recent user reports, the DT150 offers speeds anywhere between 28MB-30MB seconds read speed while the write speed on the NAND was reported to be low by a user. Check more user reviews from New Egg here.

The DT150 64GB is priced at $177 (Rs. 8,850 approx) and 32GB is priced at $116 (Rs. 5,800) with a five-year warranty on both capacities.

Looks perfect for media professionals to carry their data. However, the hefty price tag might make Indian audience think twice. 'Wait and watch' would be the strategy as prices of Flash memory have come down in the last couple of months.

USER COMMENTS

The speeds won't be anything impressive. And given that it's Kingston, it probably would be worse than Corsair.

by rajesh, Vizag, on Nov 24, 2008 04:12 PM, Report abuse Reply

Corsair speeds are also bad these days. their 16GB GT is like their regular 16GB Voyager. No sense to buy GT anymore.

by james, Chennai, on Nov 24, 2008 04:31 PM, Report abuse

117dollars equals 8850 ... and 116 dollars equals 5800 ... what kind of a calculation is that

by MaxAxe, Noida, on Nov 23, 2008 12:12 AM, Report abuse Reply

Its just a typo man. A '8' instead of a '5' ... :-) ...

by Anant Bhushan, Roorkee, on Nov 23, 2008 08:10 PM, Report abuse

20 GB ? That was too recent. I remember my first Hard Drive was 1.2 GB yes just 1.2 GB which cost RS.9250- then. And now this. Great . At least some things look good in these days of recession and layoffs .

by Mahesh, Mumbai, on Nov 23, 2008 09:00 AM, Report abuse Reply

good info. i too prefer for a wait and watch. price of pen drive definitely come down drastically.

by prasanna85, Chennai, on Nov 22, 2008 10:07 PM, Report abuse Reply

"64GB is priced at $117 (Rs. 8,850 approx) and 32GB is priced at $116 (Rs. 5,800)" Since when did 1 $ cost so much. Techtree Starting new Currency 1$= rs3050 Wow!!!

by Kunal, Mumbai, on Nov 22, 2008 04:32 PM, Report abuse Reply

price is only barrier to surpass blu ray, in future flash may be hit 1 tb barrier with gr8 speed more than regular desktop hdd.

by balajee, navi mumbai, on Nov 21, 2008 09:56 PM, Report abuse Reply