A-DATA announced today their latest USB 3.0 portable hard drive, the 2.5″ NH01.

The device is using the latest USB 3.0 interface and it can reach impressive data transfer speeds of up to 88 MBps reading speed and up to 81 MBps writing speed which is twice faster than the hard drives using USB 2.0 interface and brings us satisfaction considering that we deal with large amounts of multimedia data every day.

The NH01 has a starting price of 70€ for the 320GB version, 88€ for the 500GB version and 110€ for the 640GB hard drive and all drives come with 3-year product warranty.

Via tweaktown

PQI has unveiled the first 2.5-inch USB 3.0 portable hard drive, which can reach transfer speeds of up to 5GBps, 10 times faster than USB 2.0 .

Known as the PQI H566, the drive features Ur-Smart and Ur Fortress security software with encryption functions for classified data protection and personal data privacy. The portable HDD weighs 200g and it will be available with different storage capacities : 320GB, 500GB and 640GB.

There is no information on when it will hit the shelves or about pricing yet.

Via Techchee