
We've seen plenty of
tiny USB flash drives, not to mention all those
SD cards with
built-in USB connectors, so we thought that portable storage had finally gotten small enough for everyone to be happy. Storage device manufacturer OCZ doesn't think so, however, and are hoping that their Mini-Kart USB flash -- available now in sizes up to 2GB for around $60 -- will lure consumers away from other Lililiputian options on the market. The folks at XYZ Computing broke out a magnifying glass and took one of the little drives for a spin, finding that the transfer rate was slower than on a larger drive -- but apparently, they were willing to live with the trade-off for the smaller size and coolness factor. We say that since you'll probably just end up losing this thing anyway, you're better off keeping your most sensitive data more tightly guarded -- like by
wrapping it around your wrist.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Niz @ Jun 7th 2006 1:03PM
Had to go back to this, i have one that is the same but under another make, these are and have been available at ebuyer.co.uk for some time, they go up to 1GB the last time i checked.