We just got a heads up that Edge Tech plans to announce a 128GB version of its DiskGO flash drive sometime next week. That's enough room for 85,000 photos, 128 hours of video, 32,000 MP3s, or 1,280,000 documents give or take a few megabytes. That'll take some of the thunder out of Kingston's announcement yesterday of its own 128GB drive as it will no longer be the only drive on the market with that massive amount of storage.

The Edge Tech 128GB DiskGO flash drive is encapsulated in an aluminum housing to protect the drive from wear and tear. Edge Tech is also offering protection for your data with the inclusion of CryptArchiver Lite encryption software, a trial version of CryptArchiver which allows users to encrypt up to 25MB of data using 128-bit AES encryption. Edge Tech offers the full version of CryptArchiver for download through its support site which can encrypt up to 32GB, and exceeds the U.S. government standard for encryption strength. Users can choose which cipher method they prefer: 256-bit AES or 448-bit Blowfish encryption.

The new drives will be available July 31 and can be pre-ordered today. Edge Tech will be offering the units for $389.95 with free shipping. Each comes with a lifetime warranty and toll-free tech support. That price puts the DiskGO around $150 cheaper than the Kingston DT200 128GB drive.