HP announced a new external portable CD-RW drive with the code name "cd4re". The new is designed for "...PC users in both the home and office environment who want a small, stylish, easy to install CD-Writer. Also ideal for those who need to swap between various other USB products such as digital cameras, palmheld PCs etc..." as HP claims. Product features:
Performance: 4x write, 4x rewrite, 6x read
Interface: USB v1.1
Buffer: 2 MB