Transcend is bustin' a play at Sony's
Microvault line-up of tiny USB flash drives. As such, they want you to know that their new JetFlash T2K drive weighs just 2-grams. Not bad, but still 33% heavier than Sony's little 1.5-gram whisps of colorful NAND. Still, just
like the rest, it is small, damn small. So small that you'll be happy to strap on a lanyard to safeguard the ¥3,980 ($33) / ¥6,980 ($58) / ¥10,800 ($89) you just dropped on the 1GB / 2GB / 4GB models, respectively. Kind of defeats the whole "lightweight" sales pitch, eh? Add an RFID locator tag and give us a call, mkay?
Update: Thanks Sam K for pointing out in the comments that Transcend's US store
sells the 1GB / 2GB / 4GB models for $15.90 / $25.10 / $48.30 (pre-tax), respectively.
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posted Feb 2nd 2007 8:46AM
Funny thing about the prices you mention above...on Transcend's website, the 4GB drive goes for $48, not $89.
33% heavier. :)
If the Sony weighs 1.5g and this weighs 2.0g, then that makes it 33% heavier, as heavier indicates that you're using the Sony's weight as the basis for comparison. Now if you said the Sony was 25% lighter, that would have been fine, since then it's the Transend's weight being used as the baseline.
Regardless, I don't need a flash drive that small, and certainly won't pay a premium for one.
Read and write speeds are pretty atrocious, especially for a drive in this capacity. I think I might go with the HAL9000 unit from thinkgeek instead.
And who complains about 0.5g other than cyclists, NASA and drug dealers?
Jewelers. But yeah. Who really cares about a half a gram?
Very nice, but I wonder how long would they last in your pocket?
I agree with not another Matt. My keys get thrown around everywhere and seeing as its contacts are exposed I don't like its odds. Imagine 4gb of work and then accidentally snapping it. The 2g over the sonys 1.5 is only an advantage in my opinion. In effect it still weighs nothing. Just this one is a bit more sturdy.
Also imagine if it got dropped. You would stand next to no chance of finding it again. Small is good, but too small is impractical.
(I use a JOGR)