"USB
Flash Drive, users can move and store data with ease. A
simple connection to the USB port on a laptop, PC, or workstation
allows users to start saving and transporting important
business and personal data. With enough room to store documents,
presentations, downloaded music and videos, high-resolution
photographs, etc., users can begin reading, writing, copying,
deleting, and moving data back and forth from their hard
disk drive to their USB Flash Drive-all without a mechanical
drive.
USB Flash Drive takes advantage
of USB Plug-and-Play capability, so all users need to do
is plug the unit into the USB port and their computer will
automatically detect it as a removable disk drive. A write/delete
protection switch ensures no data will be lost accidentally.
The USB Flash Drive does not require a battery or special
software and is fully compatible with Windows® Me and
2000, Linux® kernel version 2.4, and all Mac® OS
programs. Drivers for Windows 98 SE are also included."
USBNews
Press Release
July 10, 2002
"USB-based
flash storage devices are the smallest removable storage
around. They're about the size and weight of a disposable
lighter, but they can hold from 8MB to 1GB of data. They
don't need a separate power supply or batteries, and they
draw very little power from the USB port, making them ideal
for laptops. They're also fast, sporting transfer rates
of more than 1MB per second. And their dimensions and ease
of use make them great for shuttling files between work
and home, giving presentations, or swapping MP3s."
Mini megabytes: USB flash drives
By Jack Lyon
August 14, 2002
"This
just has to be the way of the future. It is such a wonderful
idea - to be able to effectively carry your hard drive around
with you! As miniaturization continues apace it is possible
to imagine having a 10 GB Flash USB Drive that you can carry
in your pocket or round your neck - and you can simply plug
it into the computer at work/at home/on a contract site
- and as long as the correct programs are installed in the
machines, you will be able to access all your data, records
and information and get on with your work. Then unplug it
and away you go! It has to be a winning alternative to carrying
a laptop regularly between work and home. And it has obvious
advantages over constantly scribing the latest version of
your work onto CDs. You can be sure that you always have
the current working version of your projects with you."
The Flash USB Drive
reviewed by Elisabeth Liddell
June 12, 2001
