#156999 - 2006-02-10 11:23 AM
Re: Freecom launches creditcard size USB stick
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Radimus
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cool sort of, but I'd avoid it.
The "hinge" seems to be a point of failure to me. I like the concept, but I think they would be best to stay in the form of a "key" or smaller.
Best would be to make it small enough that it can be built into other items that you would carry anyway, like the watch, flashlight, cellphone, pocketknife, etc. But focus on capacity and thruput speed.
I have tiny 256mb and 512mb ones that I never carry, in favor of Jumpdrive Lightning 1gb and 2gb, which are the size of cigarette lighters (on my key chain) and most of that was to make the shiny housing cool looking, it could easily have been half that size.
But my needs have for them have grown to the point that I need at least 4 gb. 2.5gb for ghost image, 100mb for bootable WinPE, 500mb of apps/utilities, and the balance for temp storage. It needs to be small enough that it can be attached to something I always carry like my keys. It needs fast throughput, as most usb drives are quite slow. It needs to be narrow to fit into front USB ports through the layers of housing and plastic that HP and Compaq seem to pack on the front of PC cases.
It would be nice if it would tell the time 
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#157006 - 2006-02-10 04:24 PM
Re: Freecom launches creditcard size USB stick
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Radimus
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These are the ones I have (1 each)
http://www.lexar.com/jumpdrive/lightning.html
There is a annoying issue with them, in that the cap is held on by a plastic extrusion around the base of the port. That plastic can break off if the device is inserted into a USB port that has a bunch of housing (like the front of many PCs)
BUT they are remarkably hast... and they mount as a HD not as a removable drive
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