Newer Technology (NewerTech) today announced the NewerTech USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter, a single-source solution to allow any 2.5″, 3.5″, or 5.25″ hard drive or optical drive mechanism with standard IDE/ATA/ATAPI 40 pin or any Serial-ATA interface to be plug-and-play accessible via USB. Available for the introductory price of US$24.95, the NewerTech USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter provides USB 2.0 transfer speeds up to 480Mbps, and is also backwards compatible for operation via USB 1.1.
