USB "Thumb" Drives Get Smaller--Sony Released Micro Vault Tiny USB Flash Drives

2004–09August 7, 2006Dana BaggettPeripherals
Sony Micro Vault Tiny USB Flash Drives come in capacities of 256MB, 512MB, 1GB and 2GB and are about 1/2" by 1" by 1/16" thick. A 4GB model is due out soon. They use USB 2.0 and are backward compatible to USB 1.1 and have a compression application to hold more data. They range in price from $25 for 256MB to $100 for the 2GB model, shipping included, with a $5-10 price drop until August 17. Check them out on this Sony Web page. [Dana Baggett]

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