256GB Flash Drive

NEW DELHI: Kingston has launched what it claims is the "world's biggest" USB flash drive, DataTraveler 300. After 128GB Data Traveler 200 Flash Drive marvel, Kingston DataTraveler 300 can pack a whopping 256GB.

The high-capacity USB flash drive comes with a Password Traveler software that allows creating and access password protected area on the drive called 'Privacy Zone'.

Data-traveler 300 works with Windows, Mac and Linux offering great compatibility. According to the company, it can store 10 Blu-ray discs, 54 DVD discs, or 365 CD discs.

Kingston claims that the USB drive offers read speed of 20MB/sec and write speed of 10MB/sec without any stutter in data access. For Windows Vista and Windows 7 based systems, DT 300 is already ReadyBoost enable and thus will allow Vista users to use this flash drive as memory.

The company recently launched the drive in Europe at price of 657 Euros (Rs 45, 100).