A-DATA's USB 3.0 / SATA II flash drive announced for January

We're a few precious breaths from 2010, and if there's anything we're looking forward to, it's some wicked fast USB 3.0 storage -- Intel be damned. Set to hit shelves sometime in January, A-DATA's N002 Combo Flash Drive sports both SATA II and a USB 3.0 connection. Using the latter, the drive boasts up to 200MB/sec read and 170 MB/sec write speeds. Or if you're feeling retro, you can take advantage of that backwards-compatibility and connect via USB 2.0. Now, we don't know how much this bad boy will cost, but it will be bundled with A-DATA UFD to GO software. Of course, this thing is not nearly as cute as the Kissing Octopus USB drive, but we're sure it's not without its charms.

[jon Posted Dec 30th 2009 11:23PM]

My guess? $3/GB

[BarryB Posted Dec 30th 2009 11:29PM]

Want.

[daytripper Posted Dec 30th 2009 11:35PM]

Thanks Intel, for cock blocking adoption of USB 3.0

[rhezaganteng Posted Dec 30th 2009 11:45PM]

where is intel gen 3 ?,
i'm waiting 320GB ssd for 500$.

[jayayess1190 Posted Dec 31st 2009 12:15AM]

@rhezaganteng Intel G2.5 comes Q1 2010 with 320GB drives included, then G3 comes Q3/4 2010.

[jareth86 Posted Dec 31st 2009 12:06AM]

Now all we need are usb 3.0 computers.

Thanks Intel ;)

[SirNoDroin Posted Dec 31st 2009 12:19PM]

I've yet to see anything that will take advantage of USB-3, PoE should have replaced USB devices. PoE devices already run at a gigbit per second, which is fast enough for all current devices (plus you can split it to multiple ports if necessary) and by building only on Ethernet technology, we could kill 2 birds with one stone, rather than 2 separate technologies.

[Wwhat Posted Dec 31st 2009 8:28PM]

PQI already has a USB3 flashstick out, it reads at 97MB/s!
They didn't specify write speed, and I don't know the price, google might help.