Patriot Memory has announced its flagship device in its Gauntlet portable hard drive ecosystem: the new Gauntlet 320 portable wireless external hard drive. 
 
The Gauntlet 320 portable wireless external hard drive features 320GB of onboard storage and acts as a solution for PCs, laptops, tablets and smartphones. Users will be able to stream, share and store media and data such as pictures, music, movies, etc. 
 
The Gauntlet 320 can connect up to eight devices and stream five at the same time. Gauntlet is capable of 5.5 hours of continuous streaming via its lithium-ion battery and can share one Internet connection with all eight connected devices. 
 

Other Gauntlet 320 specs includes plug-and-play USB 3.0/2.0 for high speed wired data transfers between PCs and laptops; Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n; WEP/WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK security, and app support for iOS, Android and Kindle Fire. 
 
"The Gauntlet 320 is a natural progression in Patriot Memory's Gauntlet external storage brand," said Mike Kroll, senior director of Peripherals Product Management at Patriot Memory. "A truly wireless unit, the Gauntlet 320 supports simultaneous streams to 5 connected devices offering virtually endless options for using and sharing a huge media catalogue with tablets, smartphones and laptops." 
 
The Gauntlet 320 will be available in the United States in January 2013 for $159 USD.