Lexar JumpDrive Mercury sports an E Ink capacity meter
By Peter Rojas 
posted January 3rd 2006 10:45PM
posted January 3rd 2006 10:45PM
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.
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 :)
That's actually quite a useful use of the technology, as oppose to being mere gimmick.
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.
VERY cool use for epaper, bravo. Looks sorta big though. I can't possibly go larger than a Cruzer micro :D
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.
much much more useful then displaying file names in 8.3 format with 2 line display.
That totally looks like the old school LCD display. E ink, bah!
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.