CES 2010: Buffalo Dualie
Randall chats with Jay from Buffalo Technology about the company's unique iPod/iPhone charging dock. The Dualie includes a 500GB hard drive that slips behind the charging and syncing iDevice to act as a USB-connected external storage device. When you're ready to go, grab your iPhone and the hard drive to take them with you, as the hard drive doesn't require the dock. Available now for $249, exclusively at the Apple Store.
Motorola Droid, CULV laptops, USB3 and all that HotHardware
The guys from HotHardware took their weekly jaunt on our lil' site to bring a plethora of info on news in the high performance / enthusiast computing world this week. To kick things off, Marco breaks down the latest performance tests on USB 3.0 and SATA 6G, Dave breaks down a "consumer level" $800 SSD with massive performance, plus two new notebooks running Intel’s CULV processors and a deep look at the Moto Droid.
Guests:
- Dave Altavilla , HotHardware
- Marco Chiappetta , HotHardware
Toshiba releases 320GB 1.8-inch hard drive
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Toshiba introduced some new 1.8-inch hard disk drives today, ranging from 160GB to 320GB in capacity. The MKxx33GSG series have a 16MB cache, a spindle speed of 5,400RPM and a transfer rate of 830MB/s. 1.8-inch hard disk dries are the ones used in the Apple MacBook Air and the Apple iPod Classic. The drives are available today.
Dell receives laptop for repair, only returns hard drive
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Recently somebody sent back their Dell Studio 1537 notebook to Dell due to a faulty DVD drive. He was told by Dell that the repaired machine had been dispatched, but when the package arrived it only had a refurbished 250GB hard drive and no laptop. Since then, he's spent 90 minutes on the telephone and is stuck with a 250GB HDD but no laptop. Gizmodo recommend emailing michael@dell.com in cases like this, as any issues are routed to an executive relations team.
Western Digital unveils 640GB notebook hard drive
Western Digital has unveiled a 640GB 2.5" notebook hard drive, tying Toshiba's 640GB mark announced earlier in the month. Before September, laptop hard drives typically topped out around 500GB.
Full press release after the break.
Buffalo HDS-PH500U2 encrypted hard drive unveiled
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Buffalo seems to be moving toward data encryption and safety with its new ruggedized HDS-PH500U2 external hard drive. The 5,400 RPM disk is powered by USB, encrypts data automatically, backs it up, and comes with mobile versions of Mozilla's Firefox and Thunderbird. The drive is scheduled to hitJapan for about the equivalent of $244, but is expected to arrive elsewhere soon.
SuperTalent unveils 2TB solid-state drive
The PCIe-based solid-state RAID array boasts write speeds of 1.3GBps and 1.2GBps read speeds, but unfortunately the company left out exactly when this beauty will ship. Drool worthy future tech, for sure.