Gigastone: USB and MicroUSB OTG Flash Keys

Gigastone Corporation will introduce its OTG USB/MicroUSB drive at the CES 2014 show.

The item allows up to 32GB of content to be stored and transferred in either direction between a computer or laptop and an Android smartphone or tablet.

“People today face a dilemma of having material stored on their PC or laptop and needing it on their smartphone or tablet,” said Sherry Chapman, senior director of marketing, Gigastone. “Our new dual-drive, bi-directional On-The-Go USB/MicroUSB connector is the perfect way for ‘on-the-go’ individuals to save, backup, or transfer files. And the process is as easy as 1-2-3.”

For instance, to transfer material from a PC to a tablet, the user connects the USB drive to the PC and downloads the desired content; second, using the MicroUSB port, uploads the material to the tablet; then third, watches, reads, or shares the material.

Users of the drive will have access to files anywhere, anytime. Like on vacation, when their smartphone is loaded with memory-sapping photos and videos. They can pop in the MicroUSB portion into the phone and offload those memories onto the drive. Then, when they get home, they just plug the USB drive into their computer and save them.

When information that is stored on a PC is needed for an off-site meeting, users can download the material onto the drive by using the USB connector, then offload the data onto their tablet by using the MicroUSB port, and head for their meeting.

It is compatible with any Android smartphone or tablet with Jelly Bean 4.1 OS or higher and microUSB OTG compatibility.

The drive will be available Q1 2014 in two capacities: 16GB and 32GB.