It’s one thing to toot your own horn, but it looks like Mtron has gone a bit overboard with this one. Apparently, the company firmly believes that its new SSD lineup is faster than anything similar on the planet, but in all honestly, it’s not. Nevertheless, the firm is hyping up its new 16GB, 32GB and 64GB solid state discs, claiming that the read speed of 120MB/s and write speed of 90MB/s trumps that of “other SSD” drives. ‘Course, it must not be counting those SLC NAND flash-based iterations (like the Simpletech ZeusIOPS) as true competitors, and until we see unbiased benchmarks to prove these claims, we’re ain’t buyin’.

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16GB SDHC cards aren’t all that atypical these days, but A-DATA is claiming to have the “world’s first 16GB SDHC Class 6″ iteration ready to roll. Additionally, the firm is introducing an 8GB Super SDHC Duo (saywha?) card of the Class 4 variety, and for those still scouting a new CompactFlash card, it’s cranking out a 32GB version for you. Regrettably, we’ve no idea how soon A-DATA plans to get these on the market (nor how much it plans to charge), but it shouldn’t be long before we all find out.

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Wouldn’t it be great if we could use a 32 GB SD Memory Card to use with our Palm and Treo devices. Well yes please and although we simply cannot Toshiba have just announced their availability in Japan for a whopping $700.

(The 32 GB card will be available in January 2008, along with an 8 GB microSD card. A 16GB SD high capacity card is out this October.)

http://gadgetress.freedomblogging.com/toshibas-sd-card-now-supersized-at-32-gb/

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Japanese peripheral manufacturer Buffalo has cooked up a storage option you might want to crack open your wallet for: a whopping 56GB SSD in a thin, external form factor that’s just shy of credit card-size. Of course, it’s not nearly the mind-blowing capacity of PQI’s monster, but for an external SSD, they don’t get much bigger. Sure, it’s priced at Â¥94,980 (around $783), which isn’t exactly cheap, but if this trend continues these prices are bound to drop — and just think of the possibilities of never having to hear a drive mechanism failing again. 8GB, 16GB, and 24GB models available late July, but the 56GB variation hasn’t been given a release date yet.

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Looks like TrekStor is the latest to join the increasingly less-exclusive terabyte club, with it recently introducing its 1TB DataStation duo w.u external USB hard drive. As you might be able to tell from its size, this one actually boasts two 500GB hard drives stacked on top of each other, although they’ll apparently show up as a single 1TB drive on your computer. Otherwise, this one looks to be a pretty standard deal, boasting backup capabilities courtesy of the included Nero BackItUp2 Essentials software, and an aluminum housing that supposedly dissipates heat without the need for a fan. If that’ll do, you can grab one of these now for a list price of $430.

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You may “remember” recently that memory manufacturer Transcend busted out a 16GB ExpressCard for your flash-storin’, no-moving-parts-havin’ delight. Well, the gang is back, and this time they’re packing 32GB of solid-state action and a serious “can do” attitude (note: the solid-state action is real, but we’re just assuming they have a “can do” attitude). For $509 (according to the company’s website), you can put your mind at ease by doing things like storing your OS and apps in one large, happy, non-volatile spot. The Vista compatible drive comes with a USB adaptor, for those not EC ready, and is available now.

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SanDisk has busted out a couple of advances on two memory card fronts today, introducing some 6 and 8GB microSDHC cards, along with a 4GB Memory Stick Micro card (otherwise known as M2). Not one to miss an opportunity to seize the moment, SanDisk’s Jeff Kost says that with the new microSDHC cards, “any mobile phone with a compatible microSDHC slot will have just as much storage as the largest-capacity iPhone.” Unfortunately, there’s no word one what they’ll cost just yet, although there’s less uncertainty about the 4GB M2 card, which should soon be available for $100.

Read – SanDisk 6 and 8GB microSDHC cards
Read – SanDisk 4GB M2 card

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