Gizmodo: Pretec

Pretec i-Disk RFID: Where Do You Hide Yours?

www.gizmodo.com — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:25:44 EDT

Pretec's new i-Disk flash drive is 25 per cent smaller than a quarter, and can store up to 1GB of data. A combination of USB flashdisk and RFID technology in a waterproof case, the i-Disk is made using a semiconductor MCP process, and measures 45.7 x 12.2 x 2.2mm. It will primarily be marketed for use in hospitals, airports and warehouses and production is expected to start in the next few months. Honestly, I don't see much use to a whole gigabyte in a RFID tag other than hiding secret space station plans inside short legged droids. If you have any ideas, please write them after the jump. – Ad Dugdale

CeBIT 2007: Pretec claims i-Disk RFID as smallest flash drive in world [DigiTimes]

Are Bulletproof USB Thumb Drives Actually Bulletproof?

Jason Chen — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:20:00 EST

Finnish computer-magazine Tietokone aims to find out. Most fail at small handguns, but Pretec's round drive actually shrugged off a .357 Magnum with no problems.

It got dented with a .44, but totally disintegrated when they shot a .500 at it. That's probably as strong as you're gonna get with a "bulletproof" thumb drive, so we wouldn't recommend stringing up a bunch of them and wearing them as a bandolier, Worf-style. – Jason Chen

Pretec [Tietokone - Thanks Lauri!]

Pretec's 8GB SD 2.0 Memory Card

Gizloco — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:37:16 EDT

Pretec will release an 8GB SD 2.0 (SDHC) memory card before the end of the year that will have access speeds of up to 20MB per second. Unlike SD cards using the old SD 1.0/1.1, cards following the SD 2.0 standard won't have a 4GB size limit. Chalk this up to a new method of allocating space on the drive: whereas the 1.0/1.1 standard used something called byte addressing, the new standard allocates space using sector addressing. Perhaps not the most compelling information, but it's not every day that a Dell laptop explodes.

An important note is that memory cards using the new SD 2.0 standard aren't compatible with existing SD devices. Standards: they're here to help make our lives easier.

Pretec's line of extra spacious SD 2.0 cards will go into production during the fourth quarter. Right now, if you're on Pretec's party guest list, you can grab an 8GB card for $299. – Nicholas Deleon

Pretec 8GB SDHC Card Announced [Slashphone.com]

Bulletproof USB Flash Drive, True Security

Travis Hudson — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:12:51 EDT

Pretec announced its bulletproof USB flash drive last week at Computex in Taipei. In addition to being bulletproof this flash drive is also waterproof and fireproof. So essentially there is no way to destroy the data, unless of course, someone plugs in the drive and simply deletes the files. The Pretec i-Disk Bulletproof is made of double-layered sealed protective metal. The drive also includes all of the standard features of flash drives such as password protection and encryption. This drive will be available in capacities from 32MB up to 2GB. – Travis Hudson

Press Release [Via I4U]

Pretec Intros 4GB CF Card with 20MBps Read Speed

Charlie White — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:10:42 EST

Pretec announced the 133x, a 4GB Compact Flash (CF) card the company claims can read data at 20MBps and write at 14MBps. Pretec boasts that it's the fastest CF card in the world, and 50% faster than its predecessor, the 80x. The 133x will begin shipping in late March, but no price was announced.

Pricing is crucial, because if Pretec can beat the $280 announced price of the 4GB SanDisk Extreme III CF card (available now) that's capable of similar read and write speeds, it might really have something here.

Pretec unveils 133X high-speed memory card [MobileMag]