External memory "iStick" that can be used for both USB terminal and Lightning terminal

If you are using an iOS device such as iPhone or iPad, you may have felt that "I want a mechanism to exchange data with outside" once. Peripheral equipment makers are selling SD card readers and so on compatible with Lightning terminals, but if you transfer the data directly with PC, it should be useful if you can use USB memory which is widely popular as it is. What was developed for such iOS devices is "USB" and "Lightning" can be inserted and used with "IStick"is.

IStick ™: USB Flash Drive with Lightning for iPhone and iPad by HYPER by Sanho Corporation - Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hypershop/isticktm-usb-flash-drive-with-lightning-for-iphone

You can see what kind of product iStick is, by seeing the following movie.


This item is "iStick." It is a companion of the USB memory that has spread widely in general, many people have used it once.


A convenient USB memory that just plugs in the USB port is an item that is perfect for exchanging data with other people or another PC, temporarily storing data, and so on.


Many people feel that it is convenient if such USB memory becomes available directly for iPhone, iPad, and others.


IStick with USB connector ......


Reverse reversal. Then the Lightning connector used for the iOS terminal appeared.


IStick is a flash memory with USB terminal and Lightning terminal on both sides of the main unit. It is designed to be used as it is inserted in iPhone / iPad / iPod which adopts Lightning terminal.


Connect to iPod ......


It is possible to play songs stored in iStick as they are.


Even though I thought about taking pictures at a destination etc., I was having trouble with the capacity of the main body ... ....


Once you transfer the data you can take more pictures.


Although important documents such as work data are sometimes stored on the cloud, we can not deny the possibility of seeing the contents in the hurt of hacking.


Even such a case, if you put data in iStick, you will not be able to see the data via online.


Since it is also possible to open data stored in iStick with iPad etc., it is useful for a wide range of business scenes.


Speaking of business, sometimes going on a business trip away from an airplane.


Even then, if you put data in iStick, you can watch a movie on iPad etc. It is also merit that you can carry data without worrying about the capacity of the iPad itself.


By simply connecting to the Lightning terminal, you can back up the data in the terminal and conversely put the data in iStick into the terminal. Although it is an iOS terminal that external memory such as microSD memory could not be used as it is, it is likely that data exchange will be easier if you have this.


If you have a USB terminal you can handle any PC. Windows, of course ...


Of course Mac is also OK.


According to the material of the maker announcement, the specification details of iStick is like this.

Data capacity: 8 GB / 16 GB / 32 GB / 64 GB / 128 GB
Terminal shape: Standard USB terminal and Apple Lightning terminal (Apple certified)
transfer speed:
· IStick → USB: 12 ​​MB / s (Read), 7.5 MB / s (Write)
· IStick → iOS device: 2.5 MB / s (Read), 1.9 MB / s (Write)
Body material: ABS (aluminum model also available)
size: 51.6 × 28.6 × 9.1 mm
weight: 10 g
Support file format:
· Movie: mp4 / m4v / mpv / mov / mpg / mkv / avi / wmv / rmvb / flv / 3gp / gif
· Audio: wav / aac / aif / aiff / caf / m4a / mp3
· Image: jpg / tiff / gif
· Documents: doc / docx (Microsoft Word), htm / html (web page), key (Keynote), numbers (Numbers), pages (Pages), pdf (PDF file · viewing only), ppt / pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint) , Txt (text), rtf (rich text), vcf (contact), xls / xlsx (Microsoft Excel), zip, ics

This "iStick" is a cloud funding siteKickstarterWe are looking for a contribution of about US $ 480,000 (about 49 million yen) at the time of article creation against the target amount of 100,000 dollars (about 10 million yen).

The main body color can be selected from two colors, black and white.


The following five types are prepared depending on the storage capacity difference, and the prices are as follows. To ship outside the United States, a shipping fee of $ 10 (about 1000 yen) is required separately.
·8 GB: $ 79 (about 8000 yen)
·16 GB: $ 99 (approx. 10,000 yen)
·32 GB: $ 129 (approx. 13,000 yen)
·64 GB: $ 179 (about 18,000 yen)
·128 GB: $ 299 (about 30,000 yen)

Also, if you share about this project on Facebook and Twitter, it is possible to upgrade to a silver model of aluminum for free. Those who have invested more than $ 1000 (about 100,000 yen) have the privilege of being able to get a gold model that is not available outside the Kickstarter project.


The deadline of investment is 16:00 on June 17 (Tuesday) in Japan time, the shipping time is scheduled for August 2014 to September.

IStick ™: USB Flash Drive with Lightning for iPhone and iPad by HYPER by Sanho Corporation - Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hypershop/isticktm-usb-flash-drive-with-lightning-for-iphone


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