A much smaller announcement, easily lost custom beats by dre in the noise of CES, came from Kingston Digital Inc. (the “flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company Inc.”). The company launched its DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0 USB Flash Drive and DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 Generation 3 USB 3.0 Flash custom beats by dre Drive. (Brevity does not seem to be the company’s strong suit.)As flash drives have grown in capacity, it’s become increasingly apparent that performance was simply not adequate. Filling a typical 4GB fob’ can take longer than burning a 4.4GB DVD+R. Ironically, this has meant that as capacity has gone up, the utility of flash storage has actually started to decline.
Kingston’s new generation of flash drives should reverse that trend. Used in a USB 3.0 port, the HyprX Predator is rated at speeds of “up to” 240 MB/s read and 160 MB/s write. The Ultimate 3.0 boasts read speeds up to 150MB/s and write speeds up to 70MB/s.Het glas van het 27-inch IPSbeeldscherm loopt van rand tot rand, waardoor het scherm één strak geheel is, terfwijl de In-Plane Switching (IPS)-technologie moet zorgen voor een grote kijkhoek (178 graden horizontaal en verticaal) met contrast en helderheid waarbij de integriteit beter wordt behouden dan bij conventionele TN (Twisted Nematic) beeldschermen.In a USB 2.0 port, those speeds drop dramatically: 30 MB/s read and write for the HyperX, 30MB/s read and 20MB/s write for the Ultimate 3.0. Clearly, flash technology is now faster than USB 2.0 can handle, albeit still far from quick enough to max out a USB 3.0 connectio.
On the front of the One SV youll notice that HTC has kept its Android touch buttons below the screen with back, home and multi-tasking revealing this handset is running at least Android 4.0.The HTC One SV isnt exactly a new handset, more or a reboot of the HTC One S which launched back at MWC 2012.That said the One SV arrives sporting a new chassis and slightly differing specifications under the hood, the most of important of which is its 4Gcapabilities.Available SIM-free from around ￡315 the HTC One SV is pretty much the same price as the year-old One S give or take a couple of quid making it a rather attractive proposition while potentially killing off its sibling.It’s odd that custom beats we’re turning to solid state drives (SSDs) for ultra-fast data access inside our PCs, while equally solid state’ external flash drives continue to be so much slower. (Kingston’s own HyperX SSD is rated at over double the speed of the HyperX Predator, for both read and write..)Nonetheless, Kingtston’s new DataTraveler drives at least catch up with some part of the hard-drive spectrum. Flash-drive performance is now fast enough that users can realistically contemplate storing and accessing larger files, such as video.The HyperX Predator also shatters previous notions of capacity. That again will make flash technology competitive with hard drives. On the other hand, it will again put pressure on data rates.
While 240 MB/s may be fast for a 64GB drive, it will still take a long time to fill a 1TB version.We’ve previously noted Lenovo’s launch of the ThinkVision LT1423p Mobile Monitor Touch ($449). It’s a 13.3-inch display with a foldable stand, featuring both wired and wireless connectivity.But it turns out this wasn’t just a one-off. Hewelett-Packard announced its own HP U160, a flip-up’ 15.6-inch LED-backlit display. It looks much like a laptop perched on a folding kickstand-type case, but it’s actually just a 3.4-lb display, with 1356×768 resolution, and 180-nit brightness.It’s notable that the U160 draws all the power it needs from the host computer. Power consumption is rated at 5 watts, which may exceed the output on some lower-power laptop ports. However, a Y-cable does allow drawing juice from two USB ports simultaneously, as we’ve already seen with many portable hard drives.A more serious omission seems to be touch capability. It’s not mentioned in HP’s press release, so presumably it’s not on-board with this model.The U160 is said to be aimed primarily at business applications. It certainly looks like it would be handy for presentations, or simply when a demanding mobile user needs to dig beats studio into some intensive work: programming, graphics, video editing, or whatever.