Sanho Corporation recently announced the launch of its Kickstarter campaign for iStick. iStick is a USB flash drive with both a USB connector as well as an Apple MFi Certified Lightning Connector that connects directly to recent iPhone, iPad and iPod touch models. iStick allows users to easily, quickly and safely transfer data between computers, iPhones, iPads and iPod touches without the need for iTunes, Internet, wireless networks or the Cloud where hackers and others (like NSA) may gain access.

HYPER is seeking $100,000 via Kickstarter to fund the iStick product. Funding begins May 12, 2014 at 8am PST/11am EST ends on June 17, 2014. Upon successful funding, HYPER aims to ship the iStick in August, 2014. This is HYPER’s 2nd Kickstarter project after the successful CloudFTP which was the 3rd highest funded Kickstarter Technology project when it ended.

Notables:

• World’s first USB flash drive with integrated Apple MFi Certified Lightning connector
• Features both a standard USB connector as well as an Apple Lightning connecter
• Works as a normal USB flash drive when connected to Mac and PC computers
• Connects directly to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch models that use the Lightning connector
• Allow users to quickly and safely transfer data between computers and various iOS devices
• Available in 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB
• Works in conjunction with a free universal iPhone/iPad/iPod touch iOS app
• Using the app, users can transfer photos, videos and other files between iStick and iDevice
• Users can also stream movies (even non-iOS native video formats), music and open files directly from the iStick without first copying to the iOS device.

Product Specifications

Capacity: 8/16/32/64GB

Connectors: Standard USB 2.0 and Apple MFi-Certified Lightning Connector

iStick-to-USB Speed: 12MB/s (Read), 7.5MB/s (Write)

iStick-to-iDevice Speed: 2.5MB/s (Read), 1.9MB/s (Write)

Construction: ABS Plastic and/or Aluminum

Dimensions: 51.6 x 28.6 x 9.1mm

Weight: 10g

Supported File Formats:

Video .mp4, .m4v, .mpv, .mov, .mpg, .mkv, .avi, .wmv, .rmvb, .flv, .3gp, .gif

Audio .wav, .aac, .aif, .aiff, .caf, .m4a, .mp3

Images .jpg, .tiff, .gif

Documents .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel); .zip; .ics

Pricing and Availability

MSRP of iStick are $129 (8GB), $169 (16GB), $199 (32GB) and $299 (64GB)

Kickstarter Early Bird Backers will get the iStick for 50% off MSRP, which works out to be $65 (8GB), $85 (16GB), $99 (32GB) and $149 (64GB)

iStick is expected to ship in August, 2014 upon successful Kickstarter funding.