Lexar has announced two new Echo flash drive models in time for CES 2011. The Echo MX drive is a high performance thumb drive with a nice always-on capacity meter and the Echo ZX drive is a small-footprint drive meant to live in your notebook for transparent backups. Both drives feature 128-bit AES encryption and use the Lexar Echo backup software for no-touch backup.
Lexar has announced two new Echo flash drive models in time for CES 2011. The Echo MX drive is a high performance thumb drive with a nice always-on capacity meter and the Echo ZX drive is a small-footprint drive meant to live in your notebook for transparent backups. Both drives feature 128-bit AES encryption and use the Lexar Echo backup software for no-touch backup
The Echo MX and Echo ZX drives have five-year and two-year limited warranties, respectively. The Lexar Echo MX will available in the first quarter of 2011 and the Echo ZX is will be available in Spring of 2011. MSRPs for the products range from $44.99 to $499.99 for the Echo MX and $44.99 to $139.99 for the Echo ZX.
Lexar Echo ZX
Pictured above, the Echo ZX is a small-footprint thumbdrive that is ideally small enough to leave in your notebook’s USB port. While there, it will backup files as they are changed on the system by using the Lexar Echo backup software. The Echo ZX is available in capacities of 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB. The 8GB model offers 28MB/s read and 10MB/s write speeds while the 16GB and 32GB models offer 28MB/s read and 15MB/s write speeds. Data can be protected with 128-bit AES encryption.
Lexar Echo MX
The Echo MX is much larger and definitely not something that you can leave in your USB port. However, instead of the small size, the Echo MX features an always-on "fuel gauge" to show how much space is left on the drive. The Lexar Echo MX is available in 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB capacities. The 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB models sport 28MB/s read and 10MB/s write speeds while the 128GB model is capable of speeds up to 30MB/s read and 17MB/s write.
