Special Offer From Sonnet and Sony in North America
Thunderbolt adapters or multicard readers with purchase of SxS PRO 64GB memory cards
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on September 14, 2012 at 2:47 pmSonnet Technologies, Inc.
announced that it is working with Sony
Electronics Inc. to make a special offer for its North American customers.
Purchase Sony SxS PRO 64GB memory cards and receive a choice of Sonnet
Thunderbolt adapters or multicard readers. The ‘Read with Speed’
promotion will run Sept. 1 through Oct. 31.
"Sony SxS PRO memory
cards are synonymous with high transfer speeds and reliability. Likewise, our ultra-fast
SxS card readers and Thunderbolt Adapter offer exceptional I/O performance,"
said Greg LaPorte, VP of sales and marketing at Sonnet Technologies. "Through the ‘Read with Speed’ promotion,
both Mac and PC users can move their file-based workflows into the fast lane,
ingesting content from SxS cards in a fraction of the time previously required."
Purchasers of Sony SxS PRO SBP64A memory cards can choose from
several Sonnet adapter or reader options to fit their own
hardware-configuration and workflow needs. Users of computers with a
Thunderbolt interface who purchase two Sony SxS PRO memory cards will receive a
single-slot Echo ExpressCard Pro Thunderbolt Adapter plus a $100 rebate check.
The Echo ExpressCard Pro is a portable single-slot SxS memory card reader
capable of ingesting content at transfer speeds up to 1.2 GB/s (150
MB/s).
For each purchase of four Sony SxS PRO 64GB memory cards, users of
Mac or Windows notebooks with ExpressCard slots, or Mac or Windows workstations
with PCIe interfaces, will receive a Sonnet Qio E3 Pro SxS media reader. The
Qio E3 Pro provides simultaneous high-speed ingest of content from three SxS
memory cards at a transfer speed up to 1.6 GB/s (200 MB/s) for ExpressCard
slots (model QIO-E3-E34) or a transfer speed up to 3.2 GB/s (400 MB/s) for PCIe
interfaces (model QIO-E3-PCIE).
Finally, users of computers with Thunderbolt interfaces who purchase
five Sony SxS PRO 64GB memory cards will receive the single-slot Sonnet Echo
ExpressCard PRO Thunderbolt Adapter plus the Qio E3 Pro SxS Media Reader (model
QIO-E3), as well as a $100 rebate check.
The
‘Read with Speed’ promotion will be available through Sony
Electronics’ professional media group.