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News Release from: M-Systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 July 2006
Japanese OEMs adopt smart drive
technology
Two of Japan's top original equipment manufacturers have joined ranks with previously announced partners to sell U3 smart drives made by M-Systems.
I-O Data and Elecom, two of Japan's top original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), have joined ranks with previously announced partners to sell U3 smart drives made by M-Systems U3 smart drives host a "personal digital universe" - not only data and files, but U3 smart software programs, personal user preferences and the means for managing them
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Building on the success of its patented USB Flash drive (UFD) category, M Systems' U3 smart drives enable consumers to securely store, access and control their personal information and applications from any PC running Windows 2000 or XP, anytime and anywhere.
Equipped with a versatile platform containing a powerful microprocessor at its core, the U3 smart drive fuses the power of software with the USB Flash drive.
Osaka-based Elecom is currently bundling a U3 smart mobile computing software application from Migo Software onto its MF-UU2 Series U3 smart drive, which will be available soon in a variety of retail locations.
In addition to Migo software, Kanazawa-based I-O Data is currently bundling ACD Systems' ACDSee photo viewing and editing software, CyberLink's PowerBackup backup software and RoboForm's Pass2Go password portability software onto its EasyDisk U3 smart drive, which will be on sale soon in a variety of retail locations.
"The U3 smart drives that I-O Data and Elecom will offer will be truly differentiated products in what many see as a very competitive market in Japan", said Yuzo Tsukui, President of M-Systems Japan.
"With their ability to run a variety of software applications directly from the drive, U3 smart drives such as these from I-O Data and Elecom offer added value and true mobility to end users".
"They are USB Flash drives made smarter".
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