February 27, 2009
Upping the Gigabytes
Posted by: DT : Category: Future Ahead
Another thing I always keep an eye on is the increasing storage capacity of flash drives. It is interesting to see how much USB storage we might be able to avail ourselves of in the near future.
Now that 128GB and 256GB are out as the highest current capabilities one has to wonder what will be next. As amazing as this new breakthrough is I wouldn’t hold my breath. Because recently I heard that there’s even a 512GB flash drive out there. Supposedly only made by one manufacturer and not for commercial application. Military perhaps? Super-secret agents? I have no idea if its true but if you know anything about this please grace us with your feedback. But only if you won’t have to get terminated then…
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October 25th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Those memory sticks are still a big expensive…
October 26th, 2009 at 1:11 am
True, but both drives have already seen a decrease in price since their arrival.
December 2nd, 2009 at 5:29 pm
There is no such thing as a Kingston 512GB flash drive and the DataTraveler 400 is a discontinued drive that was never made in 256GB capacity. These are fakes that will trash users’ files.
December 3rd, 2009 at 1:21 am
Hi fraudbuster,
I wasn’t referring to Kingston. I don’t know which company or institution may be in possession of a 512GB flash drive, it’s just a rumor I came across. I never heard of the DataTraveler 400, but there is the genuine Kingston DataTraveler 300 which indeed holds 256GB. You can be sure I only show genuine brand models on my site.
December 9th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
USB 2.0 Brand New 512GB Flash Memory Drive Pendrive — Are you sure this isn’t fake??
December 9th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Hi Andy,
see my reply to Fraudbuster. I know there are fake ones out there claiming 512GB but the one I’m mentioning in my post supposedly isn’t commercial (yet).
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:25 pm
sony 512 gb is a FAKE!
Warning to the ebayer!
February 4th, 2010 at 2:38 am
Yes folks, always be careful regarding fakes on ebay. You can read more about such occurences in my 128GB flash drive post.
March 6th, 2010 at 4:17 am
I purchased a 512 GB Kingston USB drive from a merchant in China. Big mistake! It formats ok but wont write any files. Itll either freeze or give me an error message. Totally unusable junk! So I learned the hard way that there is no 512 GB out there yet.
March 8th, 2010 at 1:31 am
Sammich,
Im sorry to hear that. But even “legitimate” capacities like 128GB or 256GB are being hijacked by fraudsters (see my post on these ). Dont be seduced by a cheap price.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:22 am
Hey Guys!
Here is a 2 TB card, though it is not a true “stick.” With the right adapter/ card thing, you could use it as one, though. Couldn’t find any actual sticks that were 2 Tb, though I did find a 1 TB. (see my last report for the latter).
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July 14th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Spawn,
according to the comments of your author link these dont really exist yet and its probably going to be years before they do. Still cool though.