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USB Chocolate Popsicle Flash Drive

Brian Lam — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:20:37 +0000

Brando, how kind of you to deliver us a chocolate popsicle shaped USB drive to stave off the summer heat. For sure, children are going to choke on this. [Brando via Giz.jp]

Elephant Flash Drive’s Junk Is Bigger Than His Trunk

Andi Wang — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

If you think that trunk is impressive, wait until you see this Elephant’s giant dongle. The 4GB USB flash drive whips out from the beast’s underbelly when you’re ready for it to mount your computer. [XTremeGeek via GeekyGadgets via CraziestGadgets]

Kingston Launches “World’s First” 128GB USB Flash Drive… For The Price Of A Laptop

Simon Crisp — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:40:42 +0000

Remember those heady days when USB drives used to cost hundreds of dollars? Well, thanks to Kingston’s latest 128GB monster, they can again.

The DataTraveler 200 comes in three sizes 32GB, 64GB and the world’s first 128GB USB flash drive, which sells for a whopping $US546. However it doesn’t look like they are expecting too many people to snap up the largest option, it is build-to-order only.

All of the capless drives have built-in password protection and are enhanced for Windows ReadyBoost. The smaller versions are priced at $US120 and $US213 respectively. [PocketLint]

Darth Vader Unmasked Mimobot Flash Drive

Matt Buchanan — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:20:00 +0000

Mimoco’s getting more clever with their latest Star Wars mimobot flash drives—Darth Vader and Clone Rex have removeable masks, and one out of six Vaders will have the Uncle Fester face underneath, not the NOOOOO one. [Mimoco]

CurrenKey Coin-Shaped Flash Drive: It’s Almost a Good Idea

Sean Fallon — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:40:00 +0000

Kudos to LaCie for making their flash drives more portable—although, the coin-shape may prove problematic. It won’t be long before your sensitive data ends up in the hands of some Starbucks employee.

It is definitely thicker than a traditional coin, but the metal exterior of the USB 2.0 drive enhances the illusion, making it easy to lose in a pocket full of change. Still, at $US20 for the 4GB version and $US30 for the 8GB version, at least you are getting a decent amount of storage for the price. [LaCie via Crunchgear]

Biodegradable Flash Drives Were a Long Time Coming

Mark Wilson — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:30:00 +0000

Electronics manufacturer Hoshino has just announced “the world’s first biodegradable USB disk.” It’s constructed of the corn-based plastic polylactide, and just in case you forget that fact, they’ve shaped the drive like an ear of corn. We don’t have a lot of information on the device, but it appears they’ve figured out how to make the entire drive biodegradable, not just the casing (though that cop-out is certainly a possibility). Since most of our electronics we’re using right now won’t be part of our daily arsenal in two to three years, it’s good to see manufacturers at least considering how we’ll dispose of all this junk. [Hoshino via Gearlog]

High Dexx USB Flash Drives Combine USB Flash Drives With Highlighters

Jason Chen — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:30:00 +0000

If you asked us what two things on our desk that we’d want to combine into one thing, we’d probably pick these two things, the USB drive and the highlighter. When has it not occurred to you to put these obviously similar things in one package? We mean really, a USB drive fits in your hand and a USB highlighter fits in your hand. What more connection do you need? Thanks, High Dexx USB Flash Drive. You know exactly what we’re thinking. [Gadgtes2Order via Oh Gizmo]

‘Nailed’ Flash Drive For People Who Secretly Hate Their Computer

Sean Fallon — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:00:00 +0000

There are plenty of odd USB drives out there–especially ones shaped like food. But those drives are meant for happy-go-lucky types that may or may not have an eating disorder. But what about hotheads that have a love/hate relationship with their computer? Plankon’s 1GB “Nailed” USB drive fills that void with a design that almost begs short-tempered nerds to smash an unruly laptop with a hammer. Available for the steep price of US$45.

[Plankton via Likecool]

Brando EKmemory Micro Flash Drive Suprisingly Not Cheapest, Smallest Of Them All

John Mahoney — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:45:00 +0000

I’ve been meaning to buy a Super Talent Pico flash drive for a while–they’re 8GB, 31mm long (claiming world’s smallest) and have a metal loop that looks like it won’t break (hopefully) on my keyring. Now Brando is jumping into the ultra-tiny flash game, and surprisingly, the 8GB EKmemory Micro will run you US$55–US$20 more than what the Pico is going for. And the Micro is packing an extra four millimeters to boot. For shame Brando, for shame. [Brando via Pocket Lint]

Buffalo’s 32GB and 64GB SSDs For Eee PC Get Launch Date, Price

Kit Eaton — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:13:00 +0000

Asus’s EeePC 901 has already proved itself very hackable but Buffalo’s newest product won’t require much modding: 32GB or 64GB replacement SSD’s. Not much more to say, apart from the obvious: more storage, more impact resilient, longer battery life. The best bit? The 32GB SHD-EP9M32G is a mere US$156, and the 64GB SHD-EP9M64G an equally neat US$316. Available in Japan at first, mid-September.

[PC Watch]