<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<channel>
<title>Engadget - Comments for Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected</title>
<link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link>
<description>Engadget Comments for Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected</description>
<image>
<url>http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif</url>
<title>Engadget</title>
<link>http://www.engadget.com</link>
</image>
<language>en-us</language>
<copyright>Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.</copyright>
<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[It took you "geniuses" long enough to figure that people want to know the storage on a device without actually powering it on.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 10:01AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cost used to be an issue in the past. Even a lousy digital watch LED would have needed some extra engineering if it was to be fitted on a drive like that. First the drive needs to be able to either read the file system or piggy back on the OS capabilities and check how much storage is being used. The first approach would require a tiny computer in the drive enclosure which contains all the software required to read various file systems, while the second would require software installed on the host computer to update the storage information.<br><br>Neither easy nor practical.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Generic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 1:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[Love it:0 getting it :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[GeekGirl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 10:13AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[...OLED or it didnt happen...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sven vollstag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 10:14AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[1 TB or it didn't happen]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[patriotstillidie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 10:32AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[Something tells me the moment I format it to something other than FAT32 (NTFS if lucky) that "always-on" display will be "forever broken."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zarth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 11:16AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[No doubt.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[takamaru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 11:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[Remove the display and take the $50 off the price. :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[OneLove]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 10:17AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[best buy has it for 99 bucks:)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[GeekGirl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 11:28AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[Word.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[takamaru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 11:43AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nah, this would be the perfect application for eInk. Not sure if that's what they use though, the photo looks more like LCD. Probably a monochrome LCD powered by a tiny rechargeable battery, with a backlight when connected to a USB port.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KK]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 10:19AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[Lexar has been doing this for a while. I have a 4gb flash drive with an e-ink display (as far as I can tell), which shows how much free space I have, even when the drive is not plugged in.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[y3k.nik]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 10:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[I have a small phrase for the screen 'Whats point?']]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[GingerFox]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 10:37AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[*the]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Prokanda]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 1:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nope, intentionally missed out.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[GingerFox]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 6:39PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[OS 9 compatible ah? I'm sure the dozen people who still know what it is (Macromedia Freehand FTW!) will be thrilled. Seriously, Mac users, unlike some other OS users, tend to keep up with the world and update their systems. I reckon less than 1% of the entire Mac community uses an OS which predates Tiger.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dooze]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 10:49AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[Do you have a point? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[zedster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 10:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[I had a USB key similar to that from Corsair:<br><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/corsairs-flash-readout-usb-2-0-drive/" rel="nofollow">http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/corsairs-flash-readout-usb-2-0-drive/</a><br><br>It worked fine, but was a bit bulky.  I guess with a 2.5" drive though, that should not matter at all.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 10:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[Not just known for blank DVD's, the Verbatim name goes back to the 5.25" floppy disk when PC's first came out. The company started back in 1969.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucky]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 10:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[If you had the money a stack of these could be useful for backups and archiving, as you can use something vaguely descriptive as the drive name and check which drive has the right amount of space etc. Would love to replace my stacks of DVD-Rs with hard disks..]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[simbr]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 10:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[Because you can't afford a sharpie, but you can afford at least $50 extra per drive for a display? I guess you did say "If you had the money", but if I had the money, I'd skim the extra $50 for my cool hardware fund, not blow it on shiny, unstackable, display-bearing designer storage.<br><br>Seriously, if you're considering hard-drive archival, why not get a SATA dock or two and use barenaked drives, instead of duplicating the enclosure and interface with each volume, and tape labels on for ball-point pen record-keeping. They also stack better.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Benson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 11:23AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[thats a great idea, not sure if they were designed to be stackable... i could see names like, music, movies, tv shows, p0rn, games, lol]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 4:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[These things will be seen as hulking monsters next to the coming wave of high-capacity USB sticks arriving in the next few years.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Y]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 2:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[Verbatim baught out Smart Disk.  Smart Disk already sold this type of drive because I have one.  The One Smart Disk sold was a 120GB drive that had a full size screen that you could write on through a notepad program that was included with the drive and would leave a date stamp everytime you changed a file or folder on it.  You had to unmount the drive through safely remove hardware and then it would scan over in dark blue ink then leave the updated blue characters behind. You could view it whether the device was on or off.  You could even draw on the screen using a mouse through the notepad program.  All they did when they purchased the company was take the Smart Disk and make it cheaper and sell it for the same or more money.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tech Addiction]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 4:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[You see, when I think of Verbatim, I think of my old 5 1/2 floppies that I used to use.... It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside. :D<br><br>5 1/2's will fit in this right?? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Musha89]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 4:39PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA["Equipped with a USB 2.0 port, the bus-powered drives achieve high-speed transfer rates of up to 480MB/sec."<br><br>WOAAA! Those 5400 rpm drives are faster than an SSD!<br><br>Hawt dang!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[locuus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 6:06PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/verbatim-insight-usb-drives-display-name-free-space-even-when-d/</guid><description><![CDATA[i am so getting this.  it looks so nice.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[gomdolijohn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 7:21PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
