Kingston 64GB Data Traveler Surpasses Blu-ray Capacity

One of the pioneers of flash drive once predicted thumbdrive would hit 128GB by 2010. It would seem this day will come soon than expected. Kingston, following Corsair, Kanguru and Super Talent, released 64GB and 32GB Data Traveler (DT150). Being one of the latest and largest flash drives around, the DT150 likely uses MLC to lower the cost, but tries to compensate for the inherently slower NAND chip with with an advanced dual-channel controller. Cosmetically, the Data Traveler has hexagonal design printed on hard glossy plastic.

As of this writing, NewEgg.com has both 64GB and 32GB listed for $129.99 and $69.99 respectively, and there are already people buying them as user reviews come back somewhat favorably. Reported speeds are rated at 30MB/s read and write at 8MB/s write. This is going to take a full 16 minutes just to copy a 8GB Iron Man 1080p Blu-ray rip to the Data Traveler. Let's hope price dives as NAND demand quickly falls so we can all get a cheap 64GB flash drive.

• Get Kingston DataTraveler 150 - USB flash drive - 64 GB now for $152.85 at Amazon.com Marketplace
• Get Kingston DataTraveler 150 - USB flash drive - 64 GB now for $259.00 at MemorySuppliers

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