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Lucas Mearian By

Senior Reporter, Computerworld |

A new USB thumb bulldoze that can connect to Apple iPhones and iPads or Android mobile devices offers up to 512GB of external storage with 5Gbps data transfer speeds via USB iii.0.

The Corsdrive thumb drive is being offered through an Indiegogo crowdfunding entrada, which has a $ii,000 flexible goal. After one twenty-four hour period, the xxx-mean solar day entrada has already raised about $ten,000.

The wink drive is but a quarter-inch thick and is 1.25-in. long by .v-in. wide (13.25mm x 38mm x 6mm). The thumb drive's storage capacity is flexible in that it uses a MicroSD carte du jour for iPhone, Android, Mac and PC.

The Corsdrive likewise features two-way data transmission, meaning y'all can plug one finish into a mobile device and the other one into a laptop or desktop computer via the USB 3.0 plug and transfer files.

The two-way transmission also means the thumb drive can be used to accuse mobile devices, such equally an iPhone, iPad, Android, or Tablet direct from any USB outlet.

"Most people need more space because of heavy downloading stuff similar Apps, music or YouTube videos," Corsdrive said on its Indiegogo campaign page. "Copy, store, clone or fill-in all your videos, photos, contacts, everything: for security, privacy, convenience. Plays and opens media files without needing to first exist copied onto some other iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android phone or tablet, even Mac or PC."

The Corsdrive is also unusual in that information technology doesn't have a stock-still capacity; the thumb drive uses a microSD card slot, then it tin go from 8GB to 512GB just past switching out the card.

Early bird contributors to Cordrive'south Indigogo campaign can purchase a 32GB model for $49 (the $29 and $39 early bird specials are already sold out). A 512GB early bird special for $299 has already sold out, but the model is still beingness offered for $369, every bit id a 256GB model for $239.

Along with chapters and file-transfer capabilities, the Corsdrive offers a native file encryption algorithm to passcode protect data stored on information technology.

The drive plays and opens media files without requiring they first be copied onto another iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android phone or tablet, whether Mac or PC, the company said.

Senior Reporter Lucas Mearian covers Windows, Future of Work issues, mobile, Apple in the enterprise, and healthcare It.