Imation's USB bracelet goes 1GB
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Sep 21st 2006 9:55AM
posted Sep 21st 2006 9:55AM
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You may want to make them a look little classier and market to Medic Alert so people can carry their medical data for hospitals.
Do you sell these bracelets? :
Imation's USB bracelet goes 1GB
by Thomas Ricker, posted Sep 21st 2006 at 9:55AM
If so please contact us asap we are intrested in purchasing.
Marsha
770-321-2222
I have these available in 512B, 1GB, 2GB, and 5GB.
Call me for information.
949-606-3202
Angela
I think these could definitely take off. The 1GB space is definitely a help.
Wouldn't mind one of these, although they might be a bit too bulky for the ninja lifestyle.
Ha, Esat, get the black one :P
Personally, I'm liking the blue one. That or orange to match my school colors.
So if company X buys 200 of these, how might the employees keep them apart?
how would you keep 200 of any kind of the same product apart......write on the inside maybe
You know those bracelets EVERYONE is wearing, so they feel special about donating a dollah to whatever charity they belong to?
Convergence of the bracelet and high tech. Yay.
Non too shabby, and a natural progression from the 'Lance Armstrong' type of bands. People seem to like wearing a piece of rubber around their wrist.
still could do with beeing a teensy bit smaller though.
Good times indeed.
Sorta reminds me of the USB Watches
sticking them in PC would result in curvy dangly bits. But perhaps the demographic who will react to this won't care?
I really want one! lol But noone has them round 'ere :( Lol
My question is how strong is the clip... I wouldn't wear it as jewelry... I am far too oft sticking my hands into the guts of things to even wear a watch, but if it was sturdy enough to be attached to my pack....... well that would be useful. i guess I could always re-inforce with gaffers tape. I guess I am assuming that being bracelets they've shielded the darn things... but if the price is right I may just have to try it out!
I can imagine forgeting to take it off when taking a shower...I hope they are water proof.
forget? its just there? anyway i put my sony usb stick through the wash and it worked fine... till i lost it... nice idea!
This would be a great high-tech version of the various multi-colored wrist bands for special causes like breast cancer, autism, and the like.
You could show your support, and it would actually be useful to boot!
-or to boot from, depending on how you roll...
That is exactly what I though when i saw them. They can even throw in usefull charity information on there like some vids or what their cause has done.
Alternatively I can see firms using this as a marketing tool or maybe you can get your favourite album on them (and the braclets have the band's logo and stuff)
Great idea. This sort of thing is trendy enough in high school and colleges, it should market easy.
I always thought these were a good idea, but I don't think I'd ever buy one. Then again I'm in my late twenties now and like to dress a little more swanky.
They need to be waterproof and under $10 (CA). Then I'd buy one.
Just picked one up at Target. I really hope that someone "Apple" makes these, but smaller, into a runners version of the shuffle with bluetooth headphones. Yeh, they may not last all day but if I can get a 2 to 3 hour battery life out of these while jogging that would be great. The rubber finish would help with those drops and the convienence of having it on my wrist would be perfect. I think the new nano is nice but this may just work as a great MP3 player. Having a corded version wouldn't work since you would be pulling out the plugs everytime you moved your arm.
They are like 3X the size of the "livestrong" bracelets they are big... again pick them up at your local TARGET
Good idea, but how soon will we hear about companies calling these a security risk, much the same way they were saying iPods are company security risk, and banning them.
Yeah would love to run and listen to music with this around my risk, with some wifi or bluetooth headphones.
what we really need is USB Snap Bracelets.
Are these available online anywhere?
looks okay...I'm in if these bracelets are waterproof so I am not dreading getting it soaked in a normal day.
I dont know about this. it looks like the bracelet could come apart and you would loose all your voulnerable data for someone to look at. maybe if you would put a password but it looks like someone could "acidentally take that off your wrist without you without even noticing! but cool idea.
you can put thin on it for free www.sogreg.com
does it stretch ... ??
if it stretches ...
is water proof ...
and if they can make the ends a bit smaller, i'll buy one...
And yeah it has to be around 8/- ...
I'm sure they can sell it in schools and colleges ...
But not everyone would wear it on their wrists ...
If I wear one, I'll be mistaken as a Bro and be invited to play ultimate frisbee.
Thats nice!
uhh.. what's a USB bracelet? am i the only one with no clue..?
Um a USB is something that holds data that you can take from your computer and transfer to other computers. Or just use that data for a backup.
it sounds like it'd great for some teachers who don't have a classroom and have to go all over the school & use whatever computer they can