America's First 256GB Flash Drive: Kingston's DataTraveler 310
America's First 256GB Flash Drive: Kingston's DataTraveler 310
Posted 02/18/2010 at 6:04pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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You can probably stop trying to cram that external hard drive into your pocket. Kingston may have just solved your portable storage woes with the DataTraveler 310. The 310 is a standard USB flash drive, except it has 256GB of storage. The DataTraveler 300 is a nearly identical unit sold only overseas. The 310 finally lets American buyers get in on the fun. It will be plug and play on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
This is the first flash drive of its size to ship in the US. As such, the DataTraveler 310 commands a premium. The MSRP is going to be $1,108 at launch, but you might be able to find a deal. Well, “deal” is relative here. You’re still looking at paying around a grand for portable storage; granted it is a lot of storage. The DataTraveler 310 could hold 54 uncompressed DVDs or more mp3s than you can shake a stick at.
Can you think of a reason you’d need this much storage on your keychain? Note, “because it’s cool,” is not an acceptable reason. Is there a price at which you’d run out and pick one of these up?
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MµDiyéh
February 19, 2010 at 3:52pm
Consumer Suggested Retail Price, or Prosumer Suggested Retail Price? They compete with existing internal 2.5" SSDs as well as approaching SDXCs. Anywhere from 1GB:$1 to $1GB:$4, depends on the target.
KyleG
February 18, 2010 at 10:54pm
If not that sucks!
Its already super overkill but it would be nice to have one on my intel dp55kg extreme series motherboard's internal usb port lol
SininStyle
February 19, 2010 at 5:17am
Hunny ! Have you seen my USB stick? You havent done the laundry yet have you? Wonder if house insurence would cover a thousand dollard USB stick.....
CloudRider
February 19, 2010 at 5:15am
If not a wee bit less portable, external enclosures notwithstanding.
w2ed
February 18, 2010 at 8:32pm
I think it'd be better to wait a couple of years, hope some crackheaded company makes a motherboard that usease internal USB for storage, then get one of these at $30-$50 a pop. Then it might be a little more reasonable.
reutnes
February 18, 2010 at 8:09pm
This is more storage than my computer's hard drive.
I guess it's time for an upgrade...
CloudRider
February 19, 2010 at 5:14am
I have a 300GB drive just sitting here on my desk doing nothing...I'll sell it for $20 :D
Dexter243
February 18, 2010 at 8:03pm
Nutcracklng snack
well i was thinking the same
id shop for one at $1 a gig and ill gladley wate a year for it to reach that price
cronjob
February 18, 2010 at 7:07pm
A cost of $1 per Gig, speed, water proof (washer and dryer proof) and 256 bit encryption in case I lose it. Not to mention an adjustable lanyard made out of kevlar.
That should pretty much cover everthing.
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