Friday, April 30th 2010
PQI Intros CoolDrive U368 USB 3.0 Flash Drive
Power Quotient International (PQI) released its newest USB flash-drive, the CoolDrive U368. Among a small, growing group, the U368 is USB 3.0 SuperSpeed compliant, and offers transfer-rates on par with hard drives, with access times comparable to those of SSDs. Its casing is typically-shaped, measuring 90.1 x 22 x 11.1 mm, and weighing 25 g. When connected using USB 3.0, the drive offers transfer speeds of around 105 MB/s, which can be improved with the bundled TurboFlash USB software. It is available in capacities ranging from 8 GB, all the way up to 128 GB. It is backwards-compatible with USB 2.0, albeit with lower transfer-rates. Pricing and availability are yet to be known.
6 Comments on PQI Intros CoolDrive U368 USB 3.0 Flash Drive
i wonder what the software is for?
Still a little more expensive than I would like to see. I was hoping for around $45 for 16GB, and twice that for 32.
I also want to know how they perform in USB 2.0 ports. A steady 30MB/s write would still be very nice compared to what's typical of 2.0 drives, and would make these a nice upgrade, even if you don't have USB 3.0 yet.