Review: Kingston Wi-Drive
Today I'll be taking a look at Kingston's recently release Wi-Drive which is intended to fix the problem many iPhone owners run into which is limited storage capacity. Kingston's Wi-Drive comes as a 16GB or 32GB model and has a built-in dual Wi-Fi 802.11g/n chip that supports WPA/WEP.
Why the Kingston Wi-Drive?
Kingston has clearly designed a device that will benefit most iPhone owners who have need for additional storage to store music and HD movies. When you throw in the Wi-Drive's ability to stream music and movies to up to three devices over wi-fi you have not only a solution that will give you more music and movies on the go but additionally will give you an opportunity to share with friends in say an airport, cafe or train.
That being said, one drawback I found was the Wi-Drive seemed to get warm after just a few minutes of use and the plastic casing seems like it would crack easily from a small drop.
My conclusion is the Wi-Drive is a good product aside from the above mentioned problems and I like that it uses Apache2 and provides an ability to still access the internet due to the dual wi-fi chipset. Wi-Drive connects to Windows, Linux and Mac devices via mini-USB.
Kingston's Wi-Drive is available through Kingston, Amazon or Bestbuy with the 16GB model starting at $149.99 and the 32GB model costing $199.99 the iOS app for the Wi-Drive is available for free through the App Store.
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