I expected PCIe 5.0 storage to be the expensive option. It usually is. You pay more for the newest interface, then spend the next few months explaining why you needed it. That was not the decision I had in front of me. While pricing PCIe 3.0, PCIe 4.0, and PCIe 5.0 drives, the 2TB Kingston […]
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REVIEW – Every content creator eventually hits the same wall: storage. I have an iPhone 16 Pro Max with 1TB of internal storage, and somehow it’s always full. Footage, screenshots, random app data, files I forgot existed. Every time I need to shoot something important, I’m scrambling through my camera roll, deleting clips I probably
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You’re about to board a flight and want to download a season of your favorite show, but your laptop flashes that dreaded “Storage Almost Full” warning. Sound familiar? The SanDisk 1TB Extreme Fit USB-C Flash Drive solves this with a brilliantly simple approach: it’s a flash drive you install once and never remove. The plug-and-stay
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NEWS – Ovrdrive is a USB drive that has security features built in. You can choose to cause it to heat to 212° F and ignite a catalyst that you put in the device, or simply hide its partition and appear as a broken drive. If it gets funded via a Crowd Supply campaign, it
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REVIEW – We all have data that we need to protect, data like passwords, tax information, financial investments, social security and passport numbers, security clearance information, medical and dental records, and so on. It’s data that we don’t want anyone else to see, and we really don’t want it stolen and used for identity theft.
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REVIEW – Ah, those portable USB drives! Now that the world is moving to USB-C, what will we do? iStorage has created the datAsure SD for just this world. Not only does it have a USB-C jack, but it can be changed out easily with different TF cards, and has a built-in PIN-based security system.
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REVIEW – If you own a computer, you’ve probably used a thumb drive, or more accurately, a flash drive. They’ve been around forever, but they are (in)famous for lacking in memory, expensive (for the larger capacity versions) and slooooow to transfer data. Recently, that’s all been changing as drives are getting larger and more affordable.
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REVIEW – Is your iPhone or iPad running out of storage space or do you want an easy way to transfer files and back and forth from your iPhone/iPad to your laptop? The PNY DUO LINK is a flash drive with a built-in lightning connector and a USB-A connector so that it can plug into
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REVIEW – Keeping your flash drive data secure sounds simple right? But there’s a lot more to making sure someone can’t see or steal information that you put on a portable drive than just putting the drive in your pocket or your bag and hoping for the best. If you’re serious about data security, one
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REVIEW – As I continue to accumulate encrypted drives for my personal and business use, I am always interested to see what else is available that adds more features than the drives that I already own. This is especially so since data security is a major focus of mine and is a part of my
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REVIEW – By now, all of the Gadgeteer readers that follow me know that I use several portable drives for data storage and that recently I have been testing more encrypted drives to ensure the safety and security of my files including irreplaceable photos and videos from my clients. Now I have the chance to
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NEWS – Yep, you read that title correctly: You can buy a micro SD card that’s 1 TB in size. SanDisk recently revealed that you can buy the first ever 1 TB card directly from their online store or from Amazon. As of today, it’s out of stock in both locations, but when it’s available,
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REVIEW – Phones and even tablets often serve as the most-used, or even the only, camera that most people have these days. The cameras on most of these devices take great pictures, so they are a good, convenient method of documenting your daily life. The problem with relying on a mobile device as your camera is
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Recently at Mobile World Congress 2018, Western Digital announced its newest microSDXC card that it touts as “the world’s fastest UHS-I flash memory card” – the 400GB SanDisk Extreme UHS-I microSDXC card. The card features super-fast read speeds up to 160MB/s, write speeds up to 90MB/s, UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) rating, and a Video
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If you’re always looking for a flash drive to share large files, you might want to take a peek at these. The Gigs 2 Go flash drive pack offers four breakaway flash drives in a credit-card-sized package that fits in your wallet. These ultra-thin USB chips are not only shockproof and waterproof, but they’re also
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If you are in a hurry and dropping in to get the bottom line on the passcode protected datAshur PRO USB 3.0 USB Flash Drive from iStorage here it is: it’s by far the best flash drive I have ever had and probably like you, I have had dozens upon dozens of them. It protects your data with a
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The SmartQ lightning pen drive is a small flash drive that plugs into an iPhone’s lighting port. It can be used to back up all of your important data, including calendar, contacts, and photos. Let’s take a look at how it did for me!
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Most smartphones and tablets do not have expandable memory. One way around this is to purchase the device with as much built-in memory as possible. But for those of you that didn’t think that far ahead when you bought your device and now find that storage space is low, you might want to consider a
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Need a USB flash drive but the everyday ones just aren’t tough enough for you? GorillaDrive might be your new data storage best friend. It’s crush- and water-resistant and includes a metal lanyard loop. Plus, it looks tough. Gadget on!
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I learned in the Microsoft world that connections and drivers and CODECs were the worst part of this brave new world. Plug and Play was an improvement, but it always seemed like I couldn’t upgrade my equipment until I’d forgotten about that tech and was now behind a different generation or two. Then I moved into
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