Digital Home Thoughts: Kingston Launches DataTraveler Combo Drive, Adds SDHC Cards to Lineup

"Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced its new DataTraveler® Reader, a USB 2.0 Flash memory drive that provides up to 4GB of Flash storage, and includes an onboard SD/MMC expansion slot for reading nine different Flash memory card formats, including the new Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) format....it will expand its line of Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) memory cards with the introduction of three new 8GB cards available in Class 2, 4 and 6 speed ratings as well as two new 4GB SDHC cards in Class 4 and 6 speeds, to maximize the performance of today’s higher resolution imaging devices, that include digital cameras, camcorders, PDAs, MP3 players and more."





This is one of those products that makes you wonder why no one thought of it before. A USB flash memory drive...with a built-in SD/MMC card reader. Brilliant. I'll buy just about anything that helps me lighten my load while travelling. Equip it with Kingston's new 8GB SDHC card, and you should have plenty of storage for those vacation photos. My only question: will it function as a ReadyBoost drive with Windows Vista? If I can get my hands on one I'll let you know!