14 DAY TRIAL // Besides Philips' latest game board, another innovation is due to be showcased at the largest consumer electronics trade fair, the IFA 2006, due to take place in Berlin, Germany, 1-6 September. The advanced product comes from Toshiba and it is named TransMemory, a line-up which brings the company's U3 smart technology to the USB portfolio.
"Toshiba's new USB U3 smart drive series offers a high level convenience and portability by enabling users to carry U3 smart programs and content together on a single U3 smart drive and access them on most Windows-based PCs to maintain a familiar personal workspace," said Scott Nelson, director, memory marketing, for TAEC.
There will be four models launched at IFA, each of them being able to work with any Windows 2000 or XP PC which comes with a USB slot. After they have been configured, the U3 smart drives are able to deliver support for several applications such as e-mail and web surfing, and access to files stored both on the host PC and on the smart drive. When the user removes the U3 smart drive, no personal data is left behind.
When you will hook it up with the PC, the U3 smart drive will automatically launch the U3 Launchpad, which 'launches' a list of programs to choose from and files to work with. U-Safe password-based security protection software is also built into the U3 Launchpad and can be activated when you want. "Toshiba is a recognized global leader in consumer electronics," said Esther Kruijver, VP Platform for U3. "Their support for the U3 platform underscores the growing popularity of U3 smart drives among consumers worldwide. IFA Berlin is the ideal venue to introduce Toshiba's exciting new family of U3 smart drives."