Green House has now officially embraced the newfound trend of making flash drives with both USB and micro USB ports. The Japanese company's dual-interface offering is called PicoDrive Smart and it has a full-size USB connector supporting the USB 3.0 interface, and a micro USB (2.0) port.

The PicoDrive Smart measures 37.3 x 12.3 x 4.6 mm, it comes with a one-year warranty and is selling in 8 GB (1,980 yen / ~ 19 USD), 16 GB (2,980 yen / ~ 28 USD) and 32 GB (4,980 yen / ~ 47 USD) capacities.

Japanese company Green House has now introduced a new, high speed flash drive, the PicoDrive D3. This model measures 55.8 (W) x 18 (D) x 9 (H) mm, it weighs 30 grams, it has a metal body, USB 3.0 connectivity, and delivers read speeds of up to 180 MB/s and write speeds of up to 90 MB/s (the 64 GB unit tops 90 MB/s, while the 32 and 16 GB drives reach 45 MB/s and 25 MB/s, respectively).

The 16 GB, 32 GB and 63 GB PicoDrive D3s have a one year warranty and cost around $40, $50 and $81, respectively.

Japanese peripherals maker Green House rolled out the PicoDrive J3 line of USB 3.0 flash drives. Available in 8 GB (GH-UFD3-8GJ), 16 GB (GH-UFD3-16GJ), 32 GB (GH-UFD3-32GJ), 64 GB (GH-UFD3-64GJ), and 128 GB (GH-UFD3-128GJ) capacities, the drives are built in the slider form-factor, with a retractable USB connector. The drives are said to utilize a dual-channel MLC NAND architecture, which delivers read speeds of up to 150 MB/s, and write speeds of up to 36 MB/s (128 GB and 64 GB), or 22 MB/s (32 GB), or 11 MB/s (8 GB and 16 GB). Measuring 59.5 x 21.6 x 10.0 mm (WxDxH), the drives weigh about 15 g. They will be released to the markets in Q2-2013.

Keeping itself busy, Green House has today released a new flash drive family, the PicoDrive T3. The T3 drives measure 54.6 (W) x 17.5 (D) x 11.4 (H) mm, they weight 8 grams, they feature a USB 3.0 interface, a rotary cap, and deliver transfer speeds of up to 60 MB/s.

The PicoDrive T3 drives are backed by a one-year warranty and come in 4 GB ($11.7), 8 GB ($15.3), 16 GB ($23.7) and 32 GB ($47.7) capacities.

Japan-based Green House Co. has today announced a new addition to its flash drive offering, the PicoDrive Secure family of drives with hardware-based AES 256-bit encryption. These drives measure 55 (W) x 23.5 (D) x 8.5 (H) mm, weight just 11 grams, have a USB 2.0 interface, and a capless design (retractable USB connector), and offer protection against autorun malware, and a read-only mode to prevent accidental data loss.

The PicoDrive Secure line will debut in mid-February with 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB and 16 GB models priced at about $85, $157, $226 and $298, respectively.