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this is the Kingston Y Drive and this thing is really really cool that's it that's the whole video I'm gonna just leave skee okay so the wide back what's cool about the Y Drive allows you to share your media content with up to three devices simultaneously using this as a portable wireless access point now what's cool about the Y Drive compared to other competing solutions is that the Y drive allows you to connect to its Wi-Fi access point and still browse the internet on your mobile device I know right so it allows upstream and downstream connections to Wi-Fi access points so basically what I'm doing is I have my router in my house I have the Y Drive sitting on the table next to me and then I have my iPhone somewhere in the same room so I'm connecting my iPhone to the Y Drive I'm connecting the Y Drive to the router and through that I'm able to access the media that I'm sharing on the y drive and I'm also able to access the internet now it will feel a little bit slower because it is being relayed but for the sake of being able to access your media content and the Internet at the same time I think it is worth the additional delay so Y Drive is available on the App Store there is an app for the iPad iPhone and iPod touch okay there's also no other information on here at all let's have a look at what's included with the Y Drive so we've got a wall adapter comes out like that and you have a very satisfying click sound to it anyway there's also a USB charger so the Y Drive as I mentioned before supports up to three consecutive users and I have a bunch of notes about things like battery life but I forgot to print them out and I forgot to load them up on my phone so you guys are gonna have to bear with me for a second we're gonna turn the camera off and I'm going to look up my cheat sheet so here's the Y Drive unit itself it is backed by a one-year warranty from Kingston with 24/7 tech support so that's something to bear in mind it all is also a pocket-sized device so actually hear about and I compared it to the so it's basically like carrying around another iPhone and all you're doing is you are increasing the storage capacity whether it's by 16 gigs or by 32 gigs so my box says 32 gigs but this unit itself is actually a 16 gig unit just because it's an email so it was not really a Miss in there correct in the correct box now you can see up here at the top of the y drive that's where the USB port is so you can either use that for charging the device and the battery lasts for up to 4 hours or you can use it to transfer data to the Y Drive from your home computer whether it's a PC or a Macintosh so over here we've also got a power button what appears to be a little reset switch recess okay down on the bottom we find nothing over on the left we find nothing here we find the tab so that we can put it down on the table without ruining the finish of the Y drive unit itself oh yeah also of note compared to competing solutions the Y drive is fairly low capacity so that's something we have to live with because it is an SSD based device so that means that in terms of durability I can very comfortably drop the Y drive no and I don't recommend doing this to yours yes you have a one-year warranty but don't like check it around but I can be confident that even if the casing is damaged if I drop it down on the concrete the actual data inside of it should be very safe because it is a solid state based storage medium so this particular one has a 16 gig SSD and if there is a 32 gig available and I think that pretty much covers everything I wanted to say about the Y Drive so in summary there's an app ok it allows you to extend the storage of your iOS device you can access it with up to 3 users at a time for up to 4 hours and it is a solid state based storage device which means your data will be safe thanks for checking out this unboxing don't forget to subscribe to Linus tech tips for unboxings reviews and other computer videos