Aimed at frequent travelers, the LaCie RuggedKey USB drive is ruggedized and ready to even take on extreme climatic conditions. So those who find it likely to lose data in such circumstances can opt to pick up the device in capacities of 16GB and 32GB.
What looks like a cylindrical-shaped key chain is also a memory stick that’s protected by an orange bumper on the outside. So if users catch themselves in extreme temperatures, they needn’t have to worry about the pen drive getting damaged or losing their important data. The company says that it can withstand 100-meter drops as well as being stamped on. To top it off, the storage device is IP-54-certified; so that means it’s dust- and water-resistant.
On the technical front, the USB drive is capable of transferring data with speeds of up to 150MB per second. Through this, users should be able to hoard and shift content such as images, documents, videos and much more, in lesser time as compared to the 2.0 UI. According to the company, the drive can transport an HD movie, a 5GB file or 3000 images within a minute.
Users can even hook up the device to a USB 2.0 port as it is backwards compatible. With Wuala Secure Cloud Storage, users will be able to create a copy of their files and hoard it onto the cloud. This will allow them to access the backed up data saved within the USB drive from almost anywhere.
The LaCie RuggedKey USB 3.0 price starts at $39.99 (approx. Rs. 2,230) for the 16GB version and $69.99 (approx. Rs. 3,900) for the 32GB one. It will be up for grabs at Apple Retail and also through the company’s online store and resellers.
