http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/ Engadget Comments for Imation wants you to lose its Atom flash drives too http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/Apr 9th 2008 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/
They do, however, remind me of the tiny cell phone Will Ferrell accidentally swallows in that SNL skit!]]>Apr 9th 2008 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/
Upside- love having a super small card @ all times.

However- this one doesn't appear to be "already available" as the original link/post implies. 4gb seems to be.]]>Apr 9th 2008 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/Apr 9th 2008 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/
People who go outside? ;)

Though that said, I haven't left the house for week and I'm still losing stuff.]]>Apr 9th 2008 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/Apr 9th 2008 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/Apr 9th 2008 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/but right now that request just sound unrealistically dickish.]]>Apr 9th 2008 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/Apr 9th 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/Apr 9th 2008 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/
I only got my cruzer titanium like a month ago]]>Apr 9th 2008 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/Apr 9th 2008 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/Apr 9th 2008 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/
Holy good God, man...$35 for 8GB. That's just sick.

I payed $50 for my 256MB drive.

Times are good. ]]>Apr 9th 2008 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/
Digressing, IMO that is a terrible idea in Vista, as flash has limited write/re-write cycles. You rarely ever top this out using flash for mp3's or even pictures, because you fill it up & dump it maybe once a day. One million re-writes would take more than your lifetime at one rewrite/day. However, start using flash as a scratch drive which is churning data as fast as the computer can push it out & you start to see the problem.

Yes, I know recent flash technology has pushed the barrier out pretty far. But you won't see me using that feature (if I had Vista, I'd disable it straightaway). It's contributing to a faster death of your flash memory - whether that death is a month down the road or 5 years, it's still orders of magnitude closer than it would have been without ReadyBoost.]]>Apr 9th 2008 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/
By the way, not every USB drive is Ready Boost compatible -- Windows runs a quick benchmark on them to determine whether or not they are fast enough to be effective. I've got an older Lexar that doesn't make the cut.]]>Apr 9th 2008 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/
It still works out to be cheaper then adding RAM under the hood.]]>Apr 9th 2008 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/
Looks like we're continuing to recycle the ReadyBoost "feature" line too -- any USB drive can do Ready Boost as long as it meets basic bandwidth requirements (eg, isn't a piece of crap).

[Actually, any USB drive at all can do Ready Boost if you make a simply registry tweak, but that's another story.]]]>Apr 9th 2008 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/Apr 9th 2008 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/Apr 9th 2008 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/
lol google search says Transcend JetFlash T3

I WEEN AT INTARNETZ]]>Apr 9th 2008 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/08/super-talent-pico-usb-drives-lose-em-even-faster/comments/11532008/

Quote:
"As a couple of posters had already commented, A-DATA has a microSD card USB reader that's even smaller, at 21.5 x 12 x 2.2 mm (rounded UP in inches that's 0.85 x 0.47 x 0.087 in ). Whereas the Pico C is 31.3 x 12.4 x 3.4 mm.

http://www.adata.com.tw/adata_en/products_list.php?ProductType=Flash&TypeUse=Card&product_category=Reader%20series

NewEgg sells the USB reader bundled with 2GB microSD card for $11.99:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211154

A-DATA also bundles the reader with microSDHC cards 4GB (or larger) but I haven't found these larger bundles to buy yet. NewEgg does sell A-DATA's 8GB microSDHC card by itself for $49.99, which you can then insert in the reader to get the world's smallest 8GB USB drive (which also seems to be water resistant). :-) I can't wait for 16GB or larger microSDHC cards to become available..."]]>Apr 9th 2008 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/Newegg has it for 32% less at $8.99.

Manuf Link: http://www.transcendusa.com/Products/ModDetail.asp?ModNo=181
Manuf Link: http://ec.transcendusa.com/product/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=TS2GJFT3K
NewEgg Link http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208379
NewEgg Item N82E16820208379]]>Apr 9th 2008 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/
Last time I checked $13.40 is less then $14.98.]]>Apr 9th 2008 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/Apr 9th 2008 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/Apr 9th 2008 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/Apr 9th 2008 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/Apr 9th 2008 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/Without the case, it'd be smaller still, my guess is about 20/12/2mm. The brand is "pqi": http://www.pqi.com.tw/

Whoever decides what's "Officially" the smallest here isn't doing their research at all. Neither is Engadget for taking them at face value.]]>Apr 9th 2008 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/09/imation-wants-you-to-lose-its-atom-flash-drives-too/Apr 9th 2008 7:49PM