http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/ Engadget Comments for SanDisk's Cruzer Titanium Plus flash drive http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/You can use it to boot windows XP to an Eee (or many other computers for that matter)]]>Jan 2nd 2008 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/
-and is it really 4GB when it's got software and U3 BS on it?
Just more stuff to wipe.]]>Jan 2nd 2008 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://portablefreeware.com is a good site to find them.]]>Jan 2nd 2008 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.u3.com/uninstall/
As with anything else, read and proceed carefully.

Make sure you tell 'em why you are removing it too.]]>Jan 2nd 2008 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Feb 20th 2008 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/
a) you wash the USB stick in the washer (because you forgot it was in your pocket);

b) if you lose it in your house (between the couch cushions or such).]]>Jan 2nd 2008 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/
I mean, nothing's really impressive about it, not a good deal, no new features... Why's this news?]]>Jan 2nd 2008 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/
If you want news read a newspaper, and even then you will read about old issues just as well.]]>Jan 2nd 2008 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/]]>Jan 2nd 2008 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Happy New Year Everyone.


(i'm actually just posting here to access my profile.)]]>Jan 2nd 2008 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/
But it has (at least to me) one *HUGE* problem: blue LED is so FRIGGING bright, that it makes impossible to use it with my notebook - because the light hurts side seeing of my eyes.

Thus, despite solid performance, I cannot recommend the stick due to bogus HMI.]]>Jan 2nd 2008 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/
I have been very satisfied with the 4 gig version that I have, but this one offers nothing new that I would use.

The U3 software is the first thing I remove from a new flash drive.]]>Jan 2nd 2008 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/
Keep mine on the keychain and that works very nicely. ]]>Jan 2nd 2008 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/
1) The USB connector will sometimes not lock correctly and will retract into the case when I'm trying to insert the stick into my USB port.

2) Even retracted, there's nothing protecting the USB connector in your pocket, so lint and other junk in your pocket can get jammed up into the connector.

A much better design is the integrated flip-around cap like that used by Ativa. Still as compact as the Cruzer, but the cap locks in place on the back when in use and fully protects the connector when in your pocket.
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google it!

ps- it is free!]]>Jan 2nd 2008 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/
I was talking about the free backup and not the flashdrive. ]]>Jan 2nd 2008 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/]]>Jan 2nd 2008 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/
Anyway the drive's casing is made of 'Liquidmetal' check out liquidmetal on wikipedia :)

It's an excellent drive. I love the built in U3 software... it's really a life saver.

Btw, these devices have no caps... the USB connector is retractable.]]>Jan 2nd 2008 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Jan 2nd 2008 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/
You're not just paying for the Metal (Titanium). These drives are really high speed. 15MB/sec Read and 9MB/sec Write. Awesome stuff.

Also, the cheaper drives don't have U3 and no one should really be using a thumb drive w/o U3 these days...

Cheers.
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Just shows what the Chinese Flash makers are up to hey :) Photo's by request:)

PS - There are alternatives to U3]]>Jan 4th 2008 1:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/sandisks-cruzer-titanium-plus-flash-drive/Mar 8th 2008 8:01PM