iStick Update

Sanho Corporation – manufacturer of the HYPER line of mobile accessories – announces the successful 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 synchronization, Internet, wireless networks or the Cloud where hackers and others (like 3rd party server providers) may gain access.

HYPER was seeking $100,000 via Kickstarter to fund the iStick product. Funding began on May 12, 2014 and will end on June 17, 2014. The funding goal of $100,000 was met within 3 hours of launch. Now currently more than $750,000 is raised in 2 weeks since launch, with just under 3 weeks left in the funding period. New features were announced by HYPER as part of reaching funding stretch goals of $500,000 and $750,000. 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.

Daniel Chin, Founder and CEO of HYPER by Sanho Corporation says "We only reserve Kickstarter launches for our very best products just like what we did with CloudFTP 2 years ago. In addition to crowdsourcing funds, we also want to crowdsource ideas and suggestions to make the product even better and to give it the biggest launch possible."

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 and 128GB
• 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.
• Passcode/password functionality (part of $500,000 funding stretch goal)
• Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive integration (part of $750,000 funding stretch goal)
• Airplay/subtitle/multi-codec support in iStick movie player (part of new $1,000,000 funding stretch goal)
• API for 3rd party apps (part of new $1,000,000 funding stretch goal)

Product Specifications

Capacity: 8/16/32/64GB/128GB

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), $299 (64GB) and $399 (128GB)

Kickstarter Early Bird Backers will get the iStick for 50% off MSRP, which works out to be $65 (8GB), $85 (16GB), $99 (32GB), $149 (64GB) and $199 (128GB)

iStick is expected to ship in August, 2014