USB 3.0, aka SuperSpeed USB, came about in late 2008, with first commercial products appearing during CES Las Vegas in January 2010. This latest iteration of the USB spec boasts a throughput of 3.2 Gbits/s (USB 2.0 max is 480 Mbits/s), more than enough to make your peripherals scream.
Iomega has announced the new eGo external drives capable of SuperSpeed USB but at USB 2.0 prices. Not only that, but the eGo drives will also have drop protection and full-disk AES CBC 256-bit hardware encryption. The company plans to come out with 500GB and 1TB eGo drives by early October.
[via Iomega]
