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Pexagon Technology Awards “Flash Fiesta” Winner 1,000 1GB Prepaid Flash Drive Cards

Ashbrook High School was picked randomly among thousands of entrants in Pexagon’s Flash Fiesta Promotion. The Flash Fiesta Promotion was announced in January 2008 to celebrate the launch of Pexagon’s Prepaid Flash Drive Card Fundraising Program.

Since January, school teachers have been invited to enter Pexagon’s Flash Fiesta for the chance to win a Grand Prize of 1,000 1GB prepaid flash drive cards or one of our weekly drawings for 20 prepaid cards. Each Prepaid card is redeemable for a 1GB personalized flash drive.

Larry Carpenter, Guidance Counselor at Ashbrook High School in Gastonia, North Carolina entered the contest at an education trade show. Ashbrook High School intends to use these flash drives to enhance student learning and support technology initiatives. Most of the 1,000 cards will be issued to juniors for use in their graduation projects. The remaining cards will be used as incentives for students to have perfect attendance. Each Prepaid card is redeemable for a 1GB personalized flash drive. Students will follow a simple four-step process to redeem the Prepaid card: pick one of 14 colors, choose one of 32 designs or the school logo, and enter up to two lines of personal text. Each USB Flash Drive will be made to order and shipped directly to the student, free of tax and shipping.

“Pexagon’s Prepaid Flash Drive Cards were invented by schools, for schools,” stated Brian Campbell, President of Pexagon Technology, Inc. “Hundreds of schools buy these redemption cards at a discount, for example $10 for a 1GB card, and sell to students and the school community for $15 or $20, keeping the difference for their fundraising programs.” Mr. Campbell continued, “We are really pleased to see these personalized USB Flash Drives put to such a good use.”

Pexagon’s personalized USB Flash Drives are available in 14 colors and six capacities. The Prepaid Flash Drive Cards are available in 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacities. Pexagon offers the Prepaid cards to schools as part of its various fundraising programs. Prepaid cards are available to schools on a consignment basis so they can run a fundraiser with no upfront cash (Pexagon will consign cards for specific education events) and no burden for the fundraiser to take orders or deliver product. Schools simply buy at the school’s discounted price and sell for their profit.

Source: Pexagon Technology


AT&T and Option Launch AT&T USBConnect Quicksilver

New USB Mobile Broadband Device Is Stylish, Small and Very Fast

AT&T Inc. and Option (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY) today announced the availability of the AT&T USBConnect Quicksilver, a new USB mobile broadband device with an award-winning design. The Quicksilver is the newest addition to AT&T’s High Speed Packet Access (HSPA)-capable lineup of LaptopConnect devices on the nation’s fastest third-generation (3G) network.

The AT&T USBConnect Quicksilver is the first USB mobile broadband device worldwide to use the Icera Livanto(R) chipset, providing the latest features in one of the world’s smallest HSPA USB devices that weighs just 1.2 ounces. Based on the global standard for wireless — GSM — the Quicksilver provides access to not only the nation’s fastest 3G network but also to international data roaming in more than 150 countries, with 3G available in more than 60 of those countries.

“Our customers rely on fast mobile broadband connections to manage business and stay connected to their lives,” said Michael Woodward, vice president, Business Mobility Products for AT&T’s wireless unit. “With the small, stylish AT&T Quicksilver, customers can send and receive large e-mails, browse the Internet and stream video not only here in the U.S. on the nation’s fastest 3G network but also when abroad via AT&T’s industry-leading wireless international footprint.”

AT&T has the nation’s fastest 3G network, delivering LaptopConnect customers typical downlink 3G speeds between 700 kilobits per second (Kbps) and 1.7 megabits per second (Mbps) and typical uplink 3G speeds between 500 Kbps and 1.2 Mbps.

“Plug-and-play USB modems continue to revolutionize mobile broadband in markets worldwide,” said Jan Callewaert, CEO of Option. “I’m very pleased to continue our long-term relationship with AT&T on the launch of this great new product. The AT&T Quicksilver will be an attractive and successful mobile broadband solution.”

The heart of the AT&T Quicksilver is its intelligent design. The smart design provides a protective cap for the USB connector, and with its unique textures and rounded edges, the AT&T Quicksilver is a reliable mobile broadband device that projects a confident and refined image. The AT&T Quicksilver is Mac OS- and Windows-compatible.

Pricing and availability

The AT&T Quicksilver is available today at no cost(1) through AT&T business sales channels, online at wireless.att.com and in company-owned AT&T retail locations for customers who choose a two-year DataConnect plan of $60 or more. AT&T offers a variety of DataConnect rate plans, including a plan for up to 5 gigabytes (GB) of domestic use for $60 a month.

Customers traveling outside the U.S. can choose one of AT&T’s DataConnect North America or DataConnect Global plans. The DataConnect North America plan includes up to 100 megabytes (MB) of monthly data use in Canada and Mexico plus up to 5 GB of monthly data use in the U.S. for $109.99 per month. DataConnect Global plans offer discounted data rates in 67 popular countries plus up to 5 GB of data use in the U.S. For $139.99 per month customers receive up to 100MB of monthly data in those 67 countries, or for $229.99 per month customers receive up to 200MB of monthly use in those same 67 countries. Visit http://www.att.com/wirelessinternational for more information.

For more information, visit http://www.att.com/quicksilver.

(1) Mail-in rebate includes $100 AT&T promotion card. A two-year service agreement is also required. AT&T promotion card valid wherever major credit cards are accepted and for 120 days after issue date. May be used to pay wireless bill. Not redeemable for cash and cannot be used for cash withdrawal at ATMs or at automated gas pumps.

Source: AT&T Inc.


Mixing Business and Pleasure is Easier than Ever

Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced it is shipping its high capacity 32GB DataTraveler 150 (DT150) USB Flash drive. The DT150 offers the largest capacity in Kingston’s entire line of DataTraveler(R) USB drives and allows users to conveniently combine work-related content and personal digital content on the same drive with plenty of room to spare. Users can now transport and share entire libraries of music, photos, large business documents, and even video without ever having to change USB drives or search other portable storage devices containing specific content.

“The new DataTraveler 150 has broken through storage barriers by allowing users to store all their digital files — business or personal — all under one roof,” said Mark Akoubian, Flash business manager, Kingston(R). “As file sizes increase especially with content such as music and photos, the need for small form factor storage drives with high capacities will continue to go up. The DT 150 certainly addresses those needs today.”

Kingston’s DataTraveler 150 is fully compatible with Windows Vista, XP and Windows 2000 as well as Mac OS X 10.3 (and above) and Linux 2.6 (and above). As with all Kingston USB drive products, the DT 150 carries a fully guaranteed five-year warranty and 24/7 tech support.

DataTraveler 150 Product Features and Specifications:

  • Capacities*: 32GB
  • Dimensions: 3.06″ x 0.9″ x 0.47″ (77.9mm x 22mm x 12.05mm)
  • Operating Temperature: 32 degrees F to 140 degrees F (0 degrees C to 60 degrees C)
  • Storage Temperature: -4 degrees F to 185 degrees F (-20 degrees C to 85 degrees C)
  • Simple: Just plug into a USB port
  • Convenient: Pocket-sized for easy transportability
  • Guaranteed: Five-year warranty
  • Compatible Operating Systems: Windows Vista(R) (Windows ReadyBoost(TM) not supported), Windows XP (SP1, SP2), Windows 2000 (SP4), Mac OS X v.10.3.x and higher, Linux v.2.6.x and higher

*Please note: 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.

  Kingston DataTraveler 150
  Part Number                   MSRP (Available in U.S. only)
  DT150/32GB                    $ 139.00

For more information on Kingston or its products visit the Web site at: http://www.kingston.com/.

Source: Kingston Technology Company, Inc.


Pico USB Flash Drive

Teeniest flash drive around

Geeks, who have been around for long enough, remember their first hard-drives. Some remember their first gigabyte, others remember forty megabytes while even some remember luggage-sized 5 meg drives. It continually shocks us when newer and smaller storage is made available, and we get all giggly when it happens.

No exception, this little drive is the smallest we’ve ever seen. Barely bigger than the tip of your pinky, and less than 4mm thick, it’s positively small. The polished chrome finish is certainly shiny, but at 8 gigabytes, it’s redonkulously teeny!

Store four full length ripped movies, five days worth of music, more than four-thousand 5 megapixel photos, or eighty-meters worth of shelved books. Sure, it’s so small you could easily lose it, so we’ve included a chain to help keep it around.

Teeniest flash drive

Details

  • Smallest size yet largest capacity USB flash drive around
  • 8 gigs, yet the size of your fingertip
  • 31.3mm x 12.4mm x 3.4mm
  • Polished Chrome finish
  • Shock and water resistant
  • 200x speed, 30MB/second
  • Mac, Windows, and Linux compatible

Price: $49.99 Buy here: ThinkGeek.com


Icron Strengthens USB Extension Patent Portfolio

  • Author: USB World
  • Filed under: USB News
  • Date: Oct 6,2008

Newly Acquired Patent Increases Icron’s USB Patent Portfolio to 19

Icron Technologies Corporation (TSX Venture: IT), the developers of ExtremeUSB(R), announced that it has acquired, from the original third party inventor, an early unassigned USB extension patent that further strengthens its existing patent portfolio on USB extension solutions. Icron’s USB patent portfolio now numbers 19 issued or pending patents.

The purchased patent titled “Extender apparatus for USB connection of computer units”, US Patent 6308215, issued in October 2001, is the earliest patent that deals with specific implementations of extending USB across a pair of wires. It complements Icron’s existing patents that extend USB at a protocol level over any media. The invention described in this patent enables USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 peripherals to be connected to a host over a pair of wires and is found in many applications today, particularly in the USB 1.1 active cable extension market.

With over 2.6 billion USB-enabled devices shipping in 2007 alone, USB continues to be the most recognized and successful interface for device connectivity in the PC, CE and mobile device market. “As Icron continues to enter new markets, and implement virtual USB solutions over more and more platforms, we will continue to expand our patent portfolio to protect our intellectual property in implementing USB in new innovative ways,” commented Robert Eisses, President and CEO for Icron. “Icron continues its unparalleled leadership in the USB bridging and extension market with the addition of this patent and with the expansion of our USB 2.0 bridging product line including USB over Cat 5, wireless, powerline, and fibre at distances of up to 40km.”

Icron believes that there are a number of USB extension implementations on the market today that are covered by this patent, and will be looking for opportunities to license the patent to companies where appropriate.

Source: Icron Technologies Corporation



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