Elecom's 4GB 0.85-inch HDD thumb drive

by Paul Miller, posted Feb 14th 2006 at 9:50AM

Sure there have been USB flash drives beyond 4GB for a while now, but they'll cost you an arm and a leg, and as the iPod continues to demonstrate -- for now at least -- sometimes a bit of miniature HDD is the best way to go. With that in mind we have the MF-DU204G 4GB USB thumb drive from Elecom, based on a 0.85-inch HDD but still retaining most of that flash drive charm. Too bad we don't know the price, since that's most of the reasoning behind the endeavor, but while Samsung and Apple are busy pushing flash memory prices down, 0.85-inch might be our best bet for a while.

[Via Akihabara News]

Filed under: Peripherals

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TZK @ Feb 14th 2006 10:18AM

Its $227 US. I believe I4U has the details.

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Captain Obvious @ Feb 14th 2006 10:46AM

Remember when clever types used to make jokes about hard drives and RAM? I wonder if they make those same jokes about thumb drives, because this looks like a big un.

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Dan @ Feb 14th 2006 11:16AM

It'd be better if it was in the form of a maki tempura roll.

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Saffy @ Feb 14th 2006 11:28AM

Kinda looks like a lighter with a little speaker/mic on the bottom. I assume those holes are for cooling though. Still, for over $200, this thing is pointless. Make it under $100, and it might be good for some. But you can get a 2gb flash drive for like $70 now...

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Trilancer @ Feb 14th 2006 1:59PM

You can find a Sandisk 4 GB FLASH USB thats smaller then this drive for $147 at Amazon.

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mike @ Feb 14th 2006 2:23PM

Costco has a 4 GB USB about the same size for $67.

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sgt. grumbles @ Feb 14th 2006 8:23PM

woah, $67? do you have a link to it?

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tbt @ Feb 20th 2006 12:59AM

Online at least, the cheapest 4 gig thumbdrive at Costco is:

SanDisk 4GB Cruzer Mini for $149.99

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