SanDisk launches iXpand a flash drive for iPhone, iPad

SanDisk last week launched iXpand in India, announcing the device can act as a flash drive and allows users to transfer photos and videos between your iPhone, iPad, PCs and Mac computers.

According to SanDisk, iXpand is capable of automatically copying photos and videos from the camera roll to the drive when connected. The users will be able to play all popular format videos and music files from the drive.Rajesh Gupta, country manager - India & SAARC, SanDisk, said that according to International Data Corporation, around three-quarters of all images are now captured on smart phones and tablets.

"With this significant increase in mobile-generated content, consumers are looking for easy ways to manage it all. In fact, our research shows that 82% of US smart phone users find transferring photos, videos, music and other files to be very important to them," said Gupta, adding: "We created the iXpand Flash Drive to offer consumers a quick and safe way to move their favorite content between devices so it's available when and where they want it."

The iXpand sync app also enables cross-platform encryption, which allows the users to transfer and access sensitive files from the iPhone, iPad, PC and Mac computers. You can use the iXpand sync app, to password-protect the files on the drive directly from an iPhone or iPad, and then easily decrypted on a Mac or PC, and vice versa. The iXpand sync app is available on the App Store for iPhone or iPad.

The iXpand Flash Drive is available in 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB capacities and is compatible with iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5, iPad Air 2, iPad Air, iPad mini 3, iPad mini 2, iPad mini running iOS 8 or iOS 7.The iXpand Flash Drive is now available in India on Amazon.in in 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB capacities, costing Rs 4,490, Rs 5,990, Rs 7,990 and Rs 11,490 respectively.