Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 allows users to transfer data up to ten times faster

Sunbury-on-Thames – 14 September 2010 - - Kingston Digital Europe Ltd, an affiliate of Kingston Technology Company Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the launch of its first USB 3.0 flash drive, the Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0™ The Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 USB flash drive takes advantage of faster transfer rates allowing users of USB 3.0 compatible host systems to transfer data up to ten times faster than USB 2.0.

Kingston’s DataTravelerâ Ultimate 3.0 features the latest technology for USB Flash drives, making it ideal for early adopters who want to take advantage of all the performance improvements offered by USB 3.0 right away. This compact drive is the perfect solution for easily storing and quickly transferring all documents, hi-res photos, music, games, HD video, and more.
USB 3.0 offers the same ease-of-use and plug and play capabilities as previous generations of USB technologies but with a performance increase and better power management. The Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 drive is backwards compatible with USB 2.0, the drives comes with a USB 2.0 Y-cable as some USB 2.0 ports may require a Y-cable to initialize a USB 3.0 drive.The Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 has a read speed of 80MB/sec., and a write speed of 60MB/sec and is available in 16, 32 and 64GB capacities.

USB 3.0 is the next major milestone in flash memory for USB products and the DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 is our first USB 3.0 flash drive offering in the marketplace” says Steve Hall, EMEA product development manager of flash, Kingston Technology “We have run several internal tests to demonstrate the speed of the new drives, for example a 1 hour 44 minute movie (3.9GB) was transferred to the DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 drive in 1 minute 13 seconds. Similarly, a 2 hour 23 minute DVD (4.4GB) transferred to the drive at a fast 1 minute 23 seconds†”.
The Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 USB Flash drive is backed by a five-year warranty, 24/7 tech support and legendary Kingston reliability. For more information visit www.kingston.com/europe.Click here for images

Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 Features and Specifications:
Capacities*: 16GB, 32GB, 64GB

Requirements: system with USB 3.0 port

Backwards compatible**: with USB 2.0

Speed***: data transfer rates for USB 3.0 up to 80MB/sec. read and 60MB/sec. write;

USB 2.0: around 30MB/sec. read and 30MB/sec. write

Dimensions: 2.90" x 0.87" x 0.63" (73.70 mm x 22.20 mm x 16.10 mm)

Operating Temperature: 32° to 140° F (0° to 60° C)

Storage Temperature: -4° to 185° F (-20° to 85° C)

Practical: durable casing with a solid lanyard loop

Warranty: 5 Years

Test system: Gigabyte P55A-UD4P motherboard; Intel Core i5 670 processor; 8GB HyperX (KHX1600C9D3K2/4G) system memory; SSDNow V+ (SNVP325-S2/128GB); Windows® 7 Professional x64

* Some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for data storage. For more information, please consult Kingston’s Flash Memory Guide at kingston.com/Flash_Memory_Guide.

** Includes USB 2.0 Y-cable. Some USB 2.0 ports may require the Y-cable to initialize the drive.


Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0

Part Number
Capacity and Features
MSRP
DTU30/16GB
16GB DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 USB Flash Drive

£56.80
DTU30/32GB
32GB DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 USB Flash Drive

£88.40
DTU30/64GB
64GB DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 USB Flash Drive

£172.80







Operating System
File Transfer
Windows® 7

Yes
Windows Vista® (SP1, SP2)

Yes
Windows XP (SP3)

Yes
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