The Jobo GIGA One Ultra offers portable storage for photos at transfer speeds of 1 GB of data in about three minutes, reaching up to 5.47 MB per second. The new GIGA one ultra is USB 2.0 compatible, features a large 2” LCD screen, a sturdy aluminium casing, and covered media card slots for protection against dust and dirt.

“The new easy-to-use JOBO GIGA one ultra is the perfect solution for today’s on-the-go digital photographer,” said Johannes Bockemuehl-Simon, JOBO’s CEO. “Not only is this new unit extremely fast when it comes to downloading all digital data for safe and reliable backup storage, this next generation GIGA one is available in various capacities and price points sure to please budget-minded photographers looking for the best their money can buy.”

This new unit accepts all popular media cards featuring slots for CompactFlash (CF) I/II, Microdrive, SecureDigital (SD), SDHC, (Memory Stick) MS, MS Pro, MS Duo, and MultiMediaCard (MMC). In addition, the GIGA one ultra can store digital data in popular file formats such as RAW, JPG, TIFF, MP3, doc, xls, ppt, etc.

Available at the end of October 2007, the GIGA one ultra will be offered with four different storage capacities – 40 GB, 80 GB and 120 GB and 200 GB and retail prices are expected to be € 149, € 199, € 229, € 329 respectively.

This glossy little cutie with removable interface cover for added protection represents LaCie’s Little Disk family of portable storage from 30 to 250 gigabytes.

The Little Disk is driver-free and pre-formatted for simple, one-step installation across all platforms and come in either 1.8- or 2.5-inch formats and with USB or Firewire connectivity.

“Designed for simplicity, the 1.8- and 2.5-inch drives are extremely portable and are bus powered, eliminating the need for A/C power. So whether you are on a bus, taking the train, or relaxing at the park, your data is always accessible.” said Nolwenn Rozen, LaCie product manager.

Suggested retail prices start at $99.99 for the 1.8-inch, $89.99 for the 2.5- inch USB 2.0 and $119.99 for the 2.5-inch Combo.

According to unproven sources, it seems that the specs on the Asus Eee PC keep getting more and more detailed (or maybe "accurate" is a better word). So far, looks like there will be two models, with prices ranging from $269 on the low-end model and $399 on the high-end. Specs follow:

• 7-inch display
• 2GB of flash storage, 4GB on the high-end model
• 4- or 6-cell battery
• Wi-Fi
• 512MB RAM

You’ll have your choice of black or white cases. And remember: all of this hasn’t been verified by Asus, so it could be the polar opposite of what actually ships.

This is nit-picking for a lovely device that provides 5TB of storage in a relatively compact form, but why did Lacie call it the "Biggest S2S"? What happens when they release a bigger one? Anyways, here are the specs:

• Standard 5TB storage, scalable to 20TB (via links with other units)
• Full RAID support
• 3Gb/sec eSATA interface
• eSATA-eSATA direct connection
• 200MB/sec burst rate
• Hot-swappable disks

The basic model with PCI-X is $3,699, which is a bit but reasonable for that amount of storage. HD video editors are probably already drowning in their own drool over this monster.

Samsung’s been making some nice things lately, but what’s with the naming? The Yepp (Yepp?!?) YP-P2 is a lovely critter, and quite svelte: only 100 X 52 X 9.2mm. That’s thinner than a runway model… (I’ll leave it at that). Specs:

• Up to 8GB Flash storage
• 3-inch, 428 X 240 pixel touch-screen
• Integrated speaker and mike
• Integrated FM radio
• Integrated Bluetooth
• Plays MP3, WMV, WMA, H.264, and MPEG-4 (ASF)

No pricing or availability yet, but I imagine some folks will be hankering for this one.