Introduction
While people who need large capacity mobile data storage solutions are still looking at small hard disk drives rather than flash drives, at the rate flash technology is progressing we feel that it won’t be long before high capacity flash disk drives will be the most popular mobile storage solution. Today we will take a look at the latest drive from Patriot (PDP systems), the Xporter XT Boost 32GB drive. The 32GB version of the Xporter XT Boost drive is designed for people who do not only need high storage, but a fast and ultra-portable solution.
Manufacturer features and specifications
- Hi Speed USB 2.0 Compatible (backwards compatible to USB 1.1)
- Up to 150X performance speed
- Easy plug and play functionality
- Durable water and shock resistant housing
- Driverless in WIndows ME/2K/XP/Vista, Mac OS 9.x, OS X, and Linux with USB storage support
- Certified for Microsoft Vista Readyboost
- Lifetime Warranty
We have been asked before just how much data can be fit onto a card, so we have included these handy tables for your reference.
I M A G E C A P A B I L I T I E S
(Approximate number of images per card)
| Camera |
Size (MB) |
128MB |
256MB |
512MB |
1GB |
2GB |
4GB |
8GB |
16GB |
32GB |
| 2mp |
0.86 |
148 |
296 |
592 |
1191 |
2381 |
4763 |
9526 |
19051 |
38102 |
| 3mp |
1.17 |
109 |
219 |
438 |
876 |
1750 |
3501 |
7002 |
14003 |
28006 |
| 4mp |
1.90 |
67 |
134 |
269 |
538 |
1078 |
2156 |
4312 |
8623 |
17246 |
| 5mp |
2.54 |
50 |
100 |
201 |
403 |
806 |
1613 |
3225 |
6450 |
12900 |
| 6mp |
3.04 |
42 |
84 |
168 |
336 |
674 |
1347 |
2695 |
5390 |
10780 |
M U S I C C A P A B I L I T I E S
(Approximate number of minutes per card)
| Capacity |
MP3 |
WMA |
| |
Normal
(128 kbps) |
Fine
(160 kbps) |
Normal
(96 kbps) |
Fine
(128 kbps) |
| 128MB |
142 |
106 |
164 |
125 |
| 256MB |
284 |
213 |
328 |
250 |
| 512MB |
568 |
426 |
656 |
501 |
| 1GB |
1137 |
853 |
1312 |
1003 |
| 2GB |
2274 |
1706 |
2624 |
2006 |
| 4GB |
4548 |
3412 |
5248 |
4012 |
| 8GB |
9096 |
6824 |
10496 |
8024 |
| 16GB |
18192 |
13648 |
20992 |
16048 |
| 32GB |
36384 |
27296 |
41984 |
32096 |