Monday, June 28, 2010

Small USB flash drive that fitted into your pocket!

Super Talent Pico (Silver)As a computer geek who always want to use portable software anywhere and anytime, I still cannot forgot the day that I had to carry mini-CD in my wallet. Planning to fitted as much as possible application into 185 MB to made all-in-one CD was very, very exhaustive task and what a got from my hard work is to tore up my wallet because mini-CD is still didn't "mini" enough.

to keep many portable software inside billfold, mini-cds was the only way
but now it become inconvenient

Even though many people feels comfort to buy those typical USB flash drives, some would rather use tiny ones. Choosing these special designed flash drives gives many advantage :

- You can put it in your wallet and go anywhere you want without worrying you'll forget it.
- It requires little additional space. Thus, you'll feel more comfort to bring it around.
- Small weight make it's more durable when dropped.
- Small size allow another USB devices to be attached on its adjacent. This is especially crucial for closely-packed USB ports of some PC.

There are many type of these super-portable USB flash drive, Thus I will introduce some of them to you.



1.Thin stick type
  This type is the most ordinary style for the ultra small USB flash drive and maybe the most useful too. Due to its simplicity, there are a lot of manufacturers that produce them and also many choices for us. Capacity normally range from 2 - 32 GB and the weight hardly exceeds 0.4 ounces, many colors are available.
  All of them can be mounted into normal USB slot, easy to use and have same price as typical flash drives. Feel free to choose one of them!

Super Talent Pico MiniVerbatim TUFF 'N' TINY (Purple)Super Talent Pico (Silver)LaCie iamaKey Flash Drive


2.Credit card type
  These are reincarnation of credit-card-shaped CD. They have, of course, far higher capacity (up to 64GB) than their ancestors plus ability to rewrite. They are also got higher capacity than "thin stick type" due to its larger size.
  Please be noted that each wallet has different size of credit card slot. It'll be sad story if you buy one of these but it can't be putted into your wallet. Always check the dimensions first!

Centon USB credit card driveClickfree Traveler Flash DrivePQI slim storagerosh credit card usb


3.SD combo type
  It may be surprise but there are many Secure Digital (SD) cards with buit-in USB connection. They have ability to connect to devices with both SD and USB. Transfering pictures from camera to computer was never be easy like this. The cards can also be used as regular SD cards, but without carrying card reader anymore.
  While these flash drive certainly small enough (because they're actually SD card), the capacity is somewhat limit at 4 GB. However, they're still worth for trying.

SD USB combo sandiskSD USB combo double packSD USB combo ducatiDucati combo double pack


All products presented in this page are available in various online stores. If you have some suggestions, please feel free to leave a comment.