Interesting, but I'd like something that didn't look out of place in a conference room meetingnickfil wrote:http://www.tuaw.com/2009/04/12/road-tes ... -actually/
might be up your ally. I know when i saw it, i wanted one without any use at all for it.
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Re: Fast & Small USB Drive?
Don't want to have to deal with wires/cordsAnapan wrote:Here's what I got - Sandisk MicroSD HC card reader with 8GB high speed MicroSD HC card.
small enough to easily lose, up to 16gb capacity, compatible with MiniSD and SD using included adapters and excellent speed over USB2. Most cheap MicroSD cards are rated at ~4MB/s write and ~12MB/s read (class 4) tho you can buy ones with much faster speed. Apparently the new Sandisk Ultra ones are the fastest at about ~15MB/s write and ~20MB/s read (class.
I think I bought that particular one off newegg for $10-15.
For larger file transfers I use 2.5" Sata notebook harddrives and the Vantec NexStar-3 external enclosure with eSATA and USB interfaces. The eSATA data transfer rates are awesome.
The worst one I ever bought was a 16GB Toshiba thumbdrive that has an ipod type miniature mechanical hard drive in it. Expensive and very slow.
Edit: corrected misinformation on write speeds.
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Re: Fast & Small USB Drive?
PNY makes some of the best flash eqipment I've ever used as well my sis has one of their 4gig drives and it's been through the washing machine and back without any problems.
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The reader pictured is on a tether not a wire. With the 15 Megabyte/sec. writing it's on par with the latest cruzer thumbdrives.

I've put mine through the wash twice, drier once and stepped on it before with no harm. Swapping card out of it usually gets a wow from my customers too (sometimes I need to use my cellphone to download stuff necessary to repair their computers and I use the reader to transfer the data).

I've put mine through the wash twice, drier once and stepped on it before with no harm. Swapping card out of it usually gets a wow from my customers too (sometimes I need to use my cellphone to download stuff necessary to repair their computers and I use the reader to transfer the data).
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Interesting, but I'm not sure how an adapter like that would do in my pocket every day -- at least since the card isn't covered all the way.
I carry my drive with me like all the time.
I carry my drive with me like all the time.
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I've had the adapter for almost 2 years and all the cards I ever owned are still functional. I carry mine almost everywhere and travel 2 about 8-12 different cities every year. The cruzers are probably the same technology tho (same manufacturer) - their benchmarks seem nearly identical.
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What stores stock it?
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Anyone know of any low profile jump with no lights or any other dohickeys on it?
We cant use them at work officially, but if I can hide it in the back I am sure no one will notice. It would also give me a chance to actually finish Phantasy Star...
We cant use them at work officially, but if I can hide it in the back I am sure no one will notice. It would also give me a chance to actually finish Phantasy Star...
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Cheapest is Ebay, then Newegg.com, some retail stores that should have them are Office Depot, Telus and Sprint.
Some more small ones (I have no experience with them):
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.4648
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/a6d9/b/
http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/ ... sku=240489
http://usb.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00566
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... talent+usb
http://i.gizmodo.com/5159163/elecom-mic ... ceable-nub
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820141439
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.6108
Fast and indestructable/self-destructable:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/99f1/
Some more small ones (I have no experience with them):
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.4648
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/a6d9/b/
http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/ ... sku=240489
http://usb.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00566
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... talent+usb
http://i.gizmodo.com/5159163/elecom-mic ... ceable-nub
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820141439
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.6108
Fast and indestructable/self-destructable:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/99f1/
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Anapan you are the man, that PQI one is in my near future. Thank you



