Pretec is demonstrating a new flash drive at CeBIT called the i-Disk Connect. The i-Disk Connect is not only a USB 2.0 flash drive, it is equipped with a built in USB hub, and a female USB socket allowing users to ability to connect other kinds of USB I/O devices such as GPS, Bluetooth receivers, digital cameras etc. You can even plug in another USB storage device into the i-Disk and automatically expand the storage capacity of the i-Disk.
You can expect to see the i-Disk sometime during the next month. Pretec is also creating something called the i-Disk Connect+ which is the i-Disk Connect drive combined with the i-Disk Touch device. The combined device provides the capabilities of the Connect drive with the built in fingerprint security of the Touch drive.
Pretec Demonstrates iDisk Connect, a Capacity and Function Expandable USB Flash Drive
HANOVER, Germany –(Business Wire)– March 9, 2006 Pretec Electronics Corp., the creator of i-Disk Tiny & i-Disk Diamond, the smallest USB Flash Drive in the world since 2003, will demonstrate a new USB 2.0 flash drive, i-Disk Connect with capacity and/or function expandability today at CeBIT 2006 (Hall 23, Booth D30) in Hanover.
In addition to a USB 2.0 flash drive itself, i-Disk Connect is equipped with a built-in USB hub and a female USB socket allowing users to connect different USB IO devices (such as Wireless LAN, GPRS, GPS, Bluetooth, digital camera, etc.) currently available from market to expand to different multiple functions as they need. Moreover, users can also expand the capacity of i-Disk Connect just by plugging-in another USB interface storage device. i-Disk Connect brings a flexible, modular, versatile and expandable concept for USB flash drive, and provides great convenience to the users.
Pretec provides a series of multi-function USB flash products in addition to i-Disk Connect. Also exhibited in the show are e-Disk II Plus (USB flash disk+ card reader), i-Disk Mobile (USB flash disk+ mobile phone bridge), i-Disk Laser (USB flash disk+ Laser pointer), i-Disk Bright (USB flash disk+ LED flash light), i-Disk Control (USB flash disk+ remote control), etc. at Pretec booth.
i-Disk Connect is sampling now and will start mass production by next month. A new triple function i-Disk Connect +, which is i-Disk Connect combined with i-Disk Touch, with build-in fingerprint security function USB flash drive will be available from Pretec by next month as well.
About Pretec
Pretec(TM) Electronics Corp. (http://www.pretec.com) offers a complete spectrum of small form factor memory cards and card readers such as CF, MMC, SD, and USB Flash Drive for the digital imaging, mobile communication, and industrial control markets. As the world’s 2nd company to offer CF card since 1995, Pretec has consistently demonstrated the highest capacity cards in the world; such as CF card 80MB, 128MB, 160MB, 320MB, 640MB, 1.5GB, 3GB, 6GB and 12GB CF card at various locations around the world for the past seven years; MMC card 1GB and 4GB; USB Flash Drive 8GB; and SD card 4GB. With more than 100 patents granted or filed, Pretec has also been offering the highest speed cards in the world such as CF 80X (2004), MMC 4.0 150X (2004), USB 166X/266X (2005), SD 133X (2005), MMCplus(TM) 266X (2005), i-Disk Tiny (”Best Gear of 2003″ by TIME Magazine) and smallest size USB Flash drive in the world such as i-Disk Diamond/Cu-Flash (2005).
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