1TB USB: Kingston Introduces World’s first 1TB USB 3.0 Flash Drive

Kingston Technology displayed DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0, which is going to be world’s first 1TB USB 3.0 flash drive, at the CES 2013. This massive storage device attracted a lot a eye balls and was even nicknamed as THE BRICK by the crowd 🙂 The DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0 has the potential of replaching the huge and bulky External Hard Disk Drives.

Kingston 1TB UBS Drive, DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0

Our new DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0 allows users to store their entire digital world on a portable USB 3.0 Flash drive. The large capacity and fast USB 3.0 transfer speeds allow users to save time as they can access, edit and transfer applications or files such as HD movies directly from the drive without any performance lag

— Andrew Ewing (Business Manager, Flash Memory, Kingston)

DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0

The 1TB DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0 will be available in markets form April 2013 onward and is expected to fetch a huge price also. However no official confirmation is given on the price for the same but one thing is sure its going to be huge, because the 512 GB model of DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0 is priced at $1750.

Kingston 1TB USB Drive

Features of DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0

• Available in 512 GB and up to 1TB
• Data Transfer Speeds

– USB 3.0 up to 240MB/s Read, 160MB/s Write

– USB 2.0: 30MB/s read and 30MB/s write

• 5 year warranty and free technical support
• Zinc alloy metal casing
• HyperX valet keychain
• Compatible with USB 2.0

The drive will be real helpful for people who are in a habit of keeping all their work together while travelling.

 Source: http://www.kingston.com