Sony's boosting the storage capacity of its Micro Vault flash drives (
again), with the USB sticks now reaching the magic 8GB mark -- territory previously reserved for Sony's larger, squarer
Micro Vault Pro drives. Other than doubling up on gigabytes, the new drive remains the same as previous Micro Vault drives, featuring a retractable USB connector and Sony's pre-installed Virtual Expander software (Windows only), which promises to triple the storage capacity by compressing files that are transferred to the drive. No word yet on how much the voluminous new drive will cost, though it should be on store shelves sometime next month -- with 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB models still available for the less demanding among us.
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posted Oct 20th 2006 10:34PM
Wow... with the compression, that's more than my hard disk itself. (Yeah, this computer sucks.)
Any details on transfer read/write speeds? I'll stick with my OCZ and Corsair stuff.
As much as the space is capacious, 2 GB and 4 GB is enough for me.
Retractable connector is pretty cool, don't think I've seen that on a flash drive before.
The SanDisk Cruzer Titanium has a retractable USB port.
#2 ever heard of a little company called Sandisk? They make the Cruzer flashdrives and specifically the micro and titanium versions both have this feature and are a little smaller and cheaper but do not come in 8 gigs... yet.
True. I like Those.
If I remember correctly, the retractable USB connector was done on the Sandisk Cruzers first - first their Titanium line, then the rest of the models.
sony sucks.
I hate Sony, like, I really hate Sony, but I'll be damned if I'm not completely awed by this. As much as I hate to say it, bravo Sony, bravo. (I'll stick with my SanDisk though)
Where does midi fit in to this one? Besides being able to store a boatload of songs on yer 8 gigs.
midi?
The entry's title, "Sony ups Micro Vault Midi storage to 8GB"
I assume it was just a typo.
Also, that thing looks pretty hot for a humble flash drive, I kinda want one...
it all comes down to bang-for-buck, doesn't it? So what is the bang for buck? I suspect very low. Why? It has the S logo on it.
But I guess those needing 8GB USB sticks aren't exactly in a position to demand reasonable prices; they can afford it.
Hmm. It's simple, looks quite stylish. Great capacity. Sticking points for me will be retail price (whatever that will be), and whether it can be put on a keychain.
Otherwise, nice one Sony.
Does it include a root kit? Is it flammable?
Love my 256 MB model tons! It's been through probably thousands of reformats and it still kicks donkey. (Gotta keep the content clean, y'know, or I would've said something else.)