Sony's Micro USB Drives

Fri Jul 7, 2006 8:49PM EDT

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The days or writing data to floppy disks or CDs are over. More and more consumers are turning to tiny USB drives to transfer data, photos, music or programs from one machine to another.

USB drives are so convenient, but do we want them to keep getting smaller and smaller? I already have a hard time finding the ones I have. 

Popgadget scopes out these Sony "cute and portable"  Micro Vault Tiny USB drives that hold up to 2GB of data. The micro flash drives are available in four colors, and each one has a carrying case that looks like it can function as a phone charm you can hang from your cellphone—not that anyone would want to do that. You could also hang it on your keychain or notebook, or so says Sony.

They are also available in 256MB, 512MB and 1GB capacities, and is compatible with Windows and OS X machines. These colorful plug'n play devices are Hi-speed USB 2.0, and compress your data so you can store about three times as much data.

If you don't have a USB drive yet, I recommend you get one. They are easy to use, and great for transferring files from the office to your home computer.

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  • 1 Posted by mttorley on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:29PM EDT Report Abuse

    Why on earth do they keeping making these things with two pieces - one to hold data, and one to lose... or one to keep, and one to hold data AND lose. The Swingdrive is great because it covers the connector, or the sliding action of the SanDisk drive.

  • 2 Posted by michaelibrarian on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:18PM EDT Report Abuse

    Just use a sandisk cruzer micro...Mine holds 512mb and it is on my keychain...I have a 128 and a 256mb cruzer mico set in a 2 stick keychain case and that holds all the space I will ever need. I also was looking at buying a cd/rwDVD drive for a laptop to replace the dvd player. I decided to save the money for something else because I have these.

  • 3 Posted by dziadzi12 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:50PM EDT Report Abuse

    I have a couple questions with these type storage devices. What is the downside with these devices in addition that they can be easily lost, misplaced, etc.? What is the cost for these devices? Can you provide a listing of the various storage methods with pros, cons, and costs?

  • 4 Posted by marhoney on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:06PM EDT Report Abuse

    I basically have the same question as dziadzi12. USB storage drives seem great. There's no hassle to transferring data to them like there can sometimes be with CDs. But is it as good as it seems? How safe is data on a USB drive? Will it last as long, or longer, than any other type of storage medium? Is it more likely to be affected by electromagnetism than CDs or DVDs. I don't think many think about this; but I suspect tossing anything on top of the CPU, monitor or printer subjects it to significant electromagnetism. Maybe I'm off base and influenced by ancient magnetic tape technology.

  • 5 Posted by sdcouto on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:10PM EDT Report Abuse

    How do you disable file compression on a Sony Micro Vault?

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