Sony to offer fast, high capacity Micro Vaults
By Evan Blass 
posted Jun 15th 2006 9:40AM
posted Jun 15th 2006 9:40AM
Sony will soon be bulking up its line of Micro Vault USB thumb drives, so to speak, by adding several new models that offer either increased capacity, increased transfer speeds, or both. Though not reaching the 8GB plateau of the Micro Vault Pro, the upcoming units still manage to pack between 256MB and 4GB of data into a pocketable design, and all feature Sony's Virtual Expander software for automatically compressing your bits to store up to three times the drive's labeled capacity. Besides the storage boost, Sony will be offering the same size drives in a lineup called the Excellence range, which promise zippier read and write speeds of 29Mbps and 23Mbps, respectively. While all the new models are expected later this month, Sony is keeping pricing details...hold for terrible pun...locked up in the "vault."
Only works on sony pc's laptops.
I wonder what kind of Sony "goodies" this will install hidden in the background. All your drive are belong to us!!!
Sony to offer fast, high capacity, expensive(missing word) Micro Vaults
Like everything sony makes im sure its going to cost an arm and a leg.
big deal.... check out this bad boy
http://kanguru.com/flashdrive_max.html
Ever wonder why ipods come in such small capacities? That drive is much smaller than a nano (http://kanguru.com/flashdrive_max.html), if that's not small enough, then look at the 8gig one that's the size of a quarter. I hate when companies claim to be forward thinking, and "in touch with their consumers" and yet they release watered down product capitalizing on the fact that a better version is not only feasible, but probably already a reality. Of course once that comes out, your 1gig nano looks kinda pathetic doesn't it.
I bought a 4GB generic USB 2.8 flash drive for $99 at microcenter.
FU.
Wouldn't the name be kind of stupid if it didn't have some security features.
That Kanguru 64GB USB flash drive is pretty big... much bigger than a Nano. So a Nano with 64GB is possible. But just a drive costs $800. Do you want a Nano that costs $800? If so, you're nuts. Otherwise, stop complaining.
Wait a minute. That compression software--isn't that going to be necessary to read whatever's on the disk? What is the point of carrying around a flash drive that you can't read without installing a driver?
I was merely speaking of the technology being available... and if you want to get specific I already mentioned the 8gig one for about $33. Yes I AM willing to pay $33 plus whatever the rest of the components for a nano cost. Cause I'm so nuts!
Well, the technology is available and has been for a while. That doesn't mean it'll be cheap even in volume.
Please repost your link to a 8gb for $33. I don't see it. I'd buy one right now even if it's just a drive cuz 8gb for $33 is damn good. I do however see the Kanguru link. Might want to check the price lists. A 8gb KFD-8G there is $339.95. And I made a mistake on the 64GB...it's not $800.... it's $2,799.95. The $800 one is the 16GB KFDM-16G.
Using Kanguru's prices as a starting point seems to tell me that a 8GB iPod Nano will cost me more than my cheap desktop PC. And a 64GB Nano would cost me a quarter of a Toyota Corolla.