Ditch Your Hoopty: Why You Need a New USB Thumbdrive - Gearlog
Monday April 14, 2008
Ditch Your Hoopty: Why You Need a New USB Thumbdrive
Categories:
Cheap Geek, Gadgets & Gizmos, Hard Drives & Storage, Tech Toys
Tags:
Flash drive, USB drives
Old USB key vs. New USB key.jpg If you're a tech lover like me--and since you're reading a gadget guide by geeks, for geeks, you probably are--then it's a safe bet that you've been carrying around a hoopty too. I've carried the same USB thumbdrive on my keychain for about two years now. The cap doesn't fit, the plastic is worn down, and the design? It's basically a stick. But still, it's functional, and 2GB seemed large (well large enough, anyway), so I didn't give two thoughts about upgrading it.
Until I saw the new hotness from Transcend, anyway.
The Transcend JetFlash V90c packs 4GB of flash goodness into a tiny metal body barely bigger than the first joint of your thumb. The memory modules themselves are hidden within the body of the drive, and fold out easily enough. But it's the distinctive swirly pattern that really caught my eye--and that of the judges behind the Red Dot Design Awards, who just awarded Transcend for making such a neat device.
Still not sold? Transcend sells these things online for just $27 bucks. Isn't it time you upgraded too?
