Lexar JumpDrive Mercury sports an E Ink capacity meter
Nah, not the first USB flash drive with a built-in display (you can just scroll down if you want to see another one), but the Lexar's reps here at CES are pretty stoked about theJumpDrive Mercury, a new drive that uses an electronic paper display made by E Ink (you know, the guys who also make the e-paper display used in Citizen wristwatch) that tells you how full the drive is without actually having to plug it into a PC. The genius of using electronic paper is that it doesn't require any power to main the display. Not sure what they'll sell for when they come out, but we did get a few shots of the new JumpDrive Mercury at this evening's CES Unveiled press preview event.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
matt @ Jan 3rd 2006 11:05PM
sweet! if it's $100 or less for the 1GB I'll pick one up just to be the first dude on the block with an e-ink display :)
Robo @ Jan 3rd 2006 11:10PM
That's actually quite a useful use of the technology, as oppose to being mere gimmick.
Hunterprime @ Jan 3rd 2006 11:11PM
Compusa has some similar for a little bit now http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=333903&pfp=srch1
Its not a E ink display but it is pretty impressive It shows the name of the drive how many megabytes free and a pie graph of the remainder.
zverg @ Jan 3rd 2006 11:14PM
VERY cool use for epaper, bravo. Looks sorta big though. I can't possibly go larger than a Cruzer micro :D
Bill @ Jan 3rd 2006 11:45PM
Wow, what a neat idea. I didn't know "E Ink" did not require power to maintain the display. Now they should port this technology to say...my credit cards so I know how much money I have left to spend on stuff like this.
James @ Jan 4th 2006 4:16AM
That totally looks like the old school LCD display. E ink, bah!
David Blunden @ Jan 28th 2006 11:40PM
I have been in touch with Lexar, and they say the release date is some time in March, 2006.
Can't wait to get one.
mtokyo @ Nov 26th 2006 2:23AM
much much more useful then displaying file names in 8.3 format with 2 line display.