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Transcend JetDrive Go 500S - a flash drive with Lightning and USB 3.1 connectors for Apple gadgets

Given the rapid growth in quality requirements for gaming, photo and video content and memory requirements from iOS, the meager 16 GB with which younger versions of Apple iPhone smartphones are lacking for their users today. If we take into account the rumors and photos published on the popular Chinese insider resource ww2.sinaimg, the manufacturer is thinking about solving this problem and intends to expand the memory capacity in the future generation of the iPhone 7 to 256 GB (in the older version of the iPhone 7 Plus). But as long as rumors remain rumors, and problems do not lose their relevance, it makes sense to consider an alternative option for expanding memory capabilities, which in any case will not be superfluous. Such an option for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch owners may well be the Transcend JetDrive Go 500S with USB 3.1 and Lightning connectors. More information about the capabilities of this not-so-usual flash drive will be described below.

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Transcend JetDrive Go 500S is a compact drive with USB 3.1 and Lightning connectors, the ability to backup and save captured photos and videos directly in the device’s memory, excellent speed, support for a multifunctional application for working with many popular multimedia formats.

The flash drive comes with a neat leather strap and a pair of clear plastic caps that protect both connectors. The body of the JetDrive is completely metallic. Available in cream and silver shades.
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Lightning connector for syncing with iOS devices and USB 3.1 for connecting to a Mac or PC are located on opposite sides of the drive. With a weight of 5 grams, the device has a length of 3.6 cm. Such miniature sizes were achieved largely due to the combination of the body of the case and the USB connector, due to which the drive hides almost half in the standard connector of the laptop.

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At the same time, there is no need to worry that the user will experience problems when using thick covers and accessories - this design takes into account the slightly elongated Lightning connector.

Specifications

Transcend JetDrive Go 500S is certified in accordance with the requirements of the Apple MFi specification, which allows you to forget about the problems of system errors associated with device compatibility. However, when purchasing it is worth considering that the drive supports work with devices on iOS 8 and higher versions.

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The full list of features is as follows :

The maximum memory capacity is 64 GB.
SuperSpeed ​​USB 3.1 with data transfer at speeds up to 130 Mb / s (transfer of HD video about 4 GB in size - less than 30 seconds).
Backward compatible with USB 3.0 / 2.0.
Transfer speed via Lightning - up to 20 Mb / s.
The file system is FAT32.
Operating voltage - Lightning: 3.3 V ± 5%; USB 3.1 (Gen 1): 5 V ± 5%.
Operating temperatures range from 0 ° C to 70 ° C.

List of supported devices :

iPhone (iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5)
iPad (iPad (4th generation), iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, iPad Air, iPad mini 4, iPad mini 3, iPad mini 2, iPad mini)
iPod (iPod touch (5th generation), iPod touch (6th generation).

JetDrive Go app

The iOS application that comes with the drive allows you to take advantage of all the most important functions of the device. What do we get with the JetDrive Go app?

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First, the client starts automatically when the drive is connected to an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. If you are connecting for the first time, the system will offer you to install a compact universal application from the App Store.

The utility has built-in tools for viewing documents, photos and videos, playing audio files of many popular formats, including:

Images: JPG / JPEG / TIF / TIFF / BMP / BMPF / CIF / PNG / GIF / ICO / CUR / XBM
Video: MP4 / MOV / M4V / AVI / WMV / AVI / MKV / FLV / MPG / RMVB / TS / 3gp
Music: MP3 / AIF / WAV / AIFF / M4A / ACC

On the main screen of the application there are four virtual buttons for navigating through key sections. In the left and upper right corner there are buttons for launching settings and a camera.

In the settings, you can set data protection options using a password and a Touch ID scanner, view statistics of used and free space, look at the subsection with service information.

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Readable document formats: DOC / DOCX / XLS / XLSX / PPT / PPTX / PDF / TXT / KEYNOTE / NUMBERS / PAGES / htm / html / rtf.

One of the useful and important advantages of JetDrive Go is the convenience and speed of transferring files between the drive and the iOS device. The application will allow you to make backup copies of a photo shoot, pictures from the iCloud library and a list of contacts.

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The camera, which is built into the application, has only two modes: for taking photos and shooting videos. Plus, it is possible to set the flash on options and activate the front camera. All the footage is automatically saved in a separate folder directly on the flash drive. If necessary, you can transfer or copy any file or selected group of files to the memory of your smartphone or tablet in the “My Drive” section of the JetDrive Go application.

In the menu option "Film Roll" all photos, screenshots and video from the mobile device memory are duplicated. With all the files you can do all the usual operations: delete, mark several files, transfer them to the drive's memory, freeing the memory of the iOS device. Given the data transfer rate, the transfer process takes a minimum of time.

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In the "Backups" section you can select the type of data you are going to copy. In addition to contacts and multimedia from local storage, the application can work with arrays of photos from iCloud cloud storage. For the convenience of the user, you can select the destination folder for storing the backup and view the date of the last backup.

Conclusion

Transcend JetDrive Go 500S has all the capabilities to solve the problems listed at the beginning of our publication, expand your user experience and forget about the horrors of communication with wired card readers. By taking a photo or video session, you can share your impressions with friends or family by connecting the drive to a computer or TV. Each of us will be able to complement the arsenal of opportunities to use JetDrive Go at will. So, for example, you can send selected documents by e-mail directly from the application, save and view your favorite movies on the go or listen to music in your preferred format, etc.



You can buy a 64GB Transcend JetDrive Go 500S drive for 5920 rubles.

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