As you can likely gather from its remarkably descriptive name, this portable drive ditches the conventional spinning platter of a 2.5-inch HDD for the faster memory (and lack of moving parts) offered by SSD storage. Going further, it adds on super-fast Thunderbolt connectivity for an even faster experience. That gives you up to 270MB/s, compared to the 80MB/s of FireWire 800 and the 35MB/s of USB 2.0. Since it’s Thunderbolt, it doesn’t require an external power supply either.

Naturally, the added performance comes at an added price. The 120GB and 240GB versions of the Elgato Thunderbolt SSD portable drive will retail for $429.95 and $699.95 when it ships next month.

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When it comes to external storage, they have never really had the speed and performance of an internal HDD drive. Now the company “Super Talent” claims that its new product will change the way people think about external storage. The Storage Mod Mini is a portable SSD that uses new USB 3.0 connector and is essentially just a smaller version of the company’s current Storage POD external drive.

As quoted from Super Talent:

Thanks to USB 3.0 and SSD technologies, it is now possible to create a USB storage solution that is smaller, lighter and more rugged than a traditional HDD. A blue anodized, all-aluminum enclosure enables this drive to be both lightweight and rugged. It fits easily in your pocket and requires no power adapter. It’s the perfect traveling companion.

The device is optimized for USB 3.0 but is also backwards compatible with USB 2.0, and works with Windows XP-7 (and presumably Windows 8), as well as Mac OSX 10.4 or later.

The Super Pod MINI will be available in 60GB, 120GB, and 240GB capacities. No official pricing has been publicly revealed at this time. Check out the video below to see a benchmark of the device:

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