SanDisk Intros "Connect" Wireless Storage Product Line

SanDisk reports that the Connect Wireless Flash Drive is the smallest wireless USB storage device available to date, allowing users to connect their tablets, smartphones and laptops to store/access files on the go without the need for a USB cable or a USB OTG adapter. It supports up to eight simultaneous connections, three of which can stream video at the same time. It also provides up to four hours of wireless streaming per charge, and secure WPA2 connections.

For laptops and desktops, users connect to the device by jumping off their home network, choosing the device's wireless signal, and accessing the stored contents using a web-based interface in any Internet browser. For iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Kindle Fire, and Android devices, the company offers the SanDisk Wireless Flash Drive app -- merely jump off the local network, choose the drive in the list of Wi-Fi connections, and then load up the app.

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As for the SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive, it's meant for "road warriors" or parents who need to haul around digital media like HD movies, videos and so on. Like the smaller Flash Drive, it provides its own built-in Wi-Fi access point so that up to eight devices can pull content simultaneously off the device without the need for annoying cables. However it sports one additional feature: an SDHC/SDXC memory card slot for even more storage, or to share photos that were taken from a camera's memory card.

The new Media Drive features a durable aluminum housing, and offers up to 8 hours of wireless streaming per charge. It also enables five of the eight simultaneously connected devices to stream video at the same time, all protected by Wi-Fi Password Protection. As with the smaller drive, users can access the stored content either by the Wireless Media Drive app for iOS and Android, or via an Internet browser on Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, or Mac OS 10.6 or higher.

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