SPYdisk USB pen/SD reader
By Ryan Block 
posted Jun 29th 2004 9:55AM
posted Jun 29th 2004 9:55AM
We're not exactly sure which spies would use this, but Thanko's got a surprisingly attractive USB 2.0 drive pen/SD
reader called the SPYdisk. The pen itself features 128 or 256MB or storage, and while you can't dump the contents of
your SD card into its memory, and we're assuming you will be prone to feel a little bit dangerous. Someone queue
up Mancini's Peter Gunn theme.
[Via Akihabara News]
Beware.
I bought this item and it worked fine with my Win2k PC at work and my WinXP PC at home. When I attached it to my Mac iBook, the drive appeared on the desktop, and I could open it and see the files inside. But when I tried to move or copy them to the desktop or to a folder on the desktop, Finder "hung" (i.e., spinning beach ball), and using Force Quit did not help. The only way to regain control of the computer was to physically remove the drive, at which point of course the Mac complained that I hadn't put the device away properly.
Thinking I had a defective unit, I reported the problem to AudioCubes. Their response was, "Oh, sorry, it does not work with Apple computers." I don't believe that's even possible, but I wrote back and said, "If that's the case, then I want to return it for a refund. The description of the item on your site didn't say it wouldn't work with Apple computers, and since most USB devices these days seem to be universally platform-independent, I think I was justified in thinking that it would work with an Apple computer. Also, FWIW, the box the thing comes in says it works with all versions of Windows, with Linux, and with Mac OS X."