Storage is the most important thing in today’s
world. Small storage means not a big
deal. Today we have iPhone, iPod and iPod;
they all are capable of performing faster but what happens when they fail to
store all the processed data. On one
hand we say that less memory means much speed of processing and on the other large
space is needed to store some auxiliary data.
Here comes the concept of RAM, so it is all processing game and the
storage enabled coordination wins the game at last. Most of the companies make much work in the
field of improving memory hazards rather than implementing attention to other
spheres of manufacturing any electronic gadget.
Kingston has launched a clever technique to deal
with such a kind of problem. They spotted
this matter and made WI-Drive which is basically a flash based memory device
that allows you to access files stored on your Apple/Android device. As your device will be
connected using its wireless connection, you'll lose whatever Wi-Fi service you
were connected to. So you'll be offline, which is far from ideal on a modern
smartphone. Plus, most devices won't be clever enough to realize this, so they
won't use 3G at the same time.
Happily though, Kingston has thought of this, and has
very cleverly included network bridging. This means you can connect the
Wi-Drive up to your existing Wi-Fi network and then "bridge" that
over to the other devices which connect via the drive. This is a system that
works quite well for one network, but becomes a little bothersome if you're
always moving around, as you have to enter the configuration to add the new
network in. This is a little trickier than on an iPhone, although it's not
earth-shatteringly difficult.
What about the speed?
Copying to the Wi-Drive over USB is quick enough.
You'll see about 9MBps on a large file, half that on several smaller ones. That
might be a little slow for large files, but as the Wi-Drive is only 16GB,
you'll run out of space before you run out of patience. Streaming video was
okay for us too. We got 1080p video to play, but very jerkily. 720p was okay,
but sometimes there would be a pause where something interrupted the flow.
Anything below that should be fine, but we think copying files over is always
smarter.
Supporting Android and Apple
apps
The Wi-Drive was initially aimed at iOS users, and
that was the only app available. You can hardly blame Kingston for that,
because Android phones usually allow micro SD cards to be used, and thus, can
have their storage upgraded for almost no money and users can have several
cards to store files.
Surprisingly though, both apps are pretty much the
same. There's nothing significant to say about them either, as they are
incredibly basic. This is no bad thing of course, because really, these apps
are about accessing the files on the Wi-Drive and either accessing them on the
device, or moving them over to your phone/tablet or iPod.
When you boot the Wi-Drive app you're greeted with a
simple screen. On it is listed any Wi-Drive you're connected to, over Wi-Fi as
well as your local storage. On Android devices, you can see the whole file
system. iOS doesn't allow this, so you're given access to the Kingston app's
"walled" storage on your iDevice.
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