Imation To Launch New Portable Storage Devices

Imation Corp., Oakdale, Minn., USA, is offering a new line of hand-held, portable digital devices. The Imation FlashGO! is a USB single-slot flash memory card reader/writer that supports multiple flash memory card formats, including Compact Flash (Type I and II), Smart Media, Multimedia Card, Secure Digital, and Memory Stick, as well as IBM's Microdrive. This bus-powered device allows multi-device owners to use one reader/writer to transfer data to and from all these memory card formats. FlashGO! features the ability to adapt to future miniature storage formats, the company said. FlashGO! will be available in August with a suggested retail price of .99.

Imation DiscGO! is a portable DataPlay device with USB connectivity that enables the exchange of digital content between multiple memory card formats and Imation DataPlay digital media without the use of a PC. It is designed to let users download and record 500MB of digital content, including photos, music, and other computer files, on a single disc and view or play them on any DataPlay-enabled device. DiscGO! is slated for commercial availability in the fourth quarter of this year.