- November 10, 2009 2:11 pm
I don’t know why there’s a sudden increase in Star Wars gadgets — first the Backlit Star Wars Coffee Table and now Star Wars USB flash drives — but Star Wars fans and closet nerds alike are probably hovering on the edge of their seats as we speak. We’ve seen Star Wars themed flash drives and gadgets many times before but these Star Wars flash drives are just plain cool if not rather similar to many other Star Wars drives on the market. As is customary for popular memorabilia from big name movies, prices slightly higher than your typical flash drive with prices starting at $29.99 for the 4GB model going all the way up to $59.99 for the 16GB variants. The various figures whom include: Darth Vader, Boba Fett, Storm Trooper and Yoda stand around 3″ high.
Small, pocketable storage for a rather reasonable cost all wrapped in a popular themed housing spells success. Pricing aside, these little drives aren’t too far off “normal” flash drive pricing. Besides, even the high end $59.99 doesn’t seem too bad relative to Star Wars souvenir pricing as I’ve seen more than my fare share of Star Wars memorabilia that cost more than my car…many times over. Feel like splurging?
Pocket-Lint
- September 4, 2009 6:47 am
Do you have the need for speed? Do you need a flash drive that is small and offers up copious amounts of storage? If so, why not take a gander at Kanguru’s 64GB dual-interface flash drive. The nifty feature of this flash drive isn’t necessarily the size (as more 64GB flash drives are becoming commonplace) but the dual-interface design with a USB 2.0 and eSATA connection ensuring you have the fastest speeds wherever you decide to hook up. With USB 3.0 around the corner, sadly this drive will obsolete mighty quick. If you’re a Windows 2000+, Linux 2.4, or Mac OS 9+ user, you shouldn’t have a problem dealing with the Kanguru. While I am highly intrigued, a lack of price, release date, and a rather lack of knowledge on this particular brand means I’m a tad hesitant. Anyone care to chime in on previous Kanguru models?
Source: Coated, Hardware Sphere, Hot Hardware, Ubergizmo, Press Release,
Now I’m a big supporter of convenience and ease of use, however, there comes a time when even the most simple minded have to sit back and really question just how much all of that convenience is worth. Enter the world of 256GB Kingston flash drives. The latest from the King is sure to make the less technically knowledgeable individual gape in pure and utter astonishment by the sheer size and amount this miniature device can hold. While the size is massive, drives of this magnitude usually suffer horrendously slow transfer times — something that isn’t very appealing when you’re talking about 10 Mbps transfer speeds on a device capable of housing 1/4 TB. Moving on to a brighter light, the Kingston 256GB flash drive will allow the 1 and 0 hoarder to stow away more than 40,000 songs just to give you an idea. Naturally, such size and sophistication comes at a price…and hefty a price it is: $900 according to several tech sites more familiar with the device. $900 is mighty steep for a flash drive regardless of features or size.
So what is a mere mortal to do? Obviously buy a small hard drive is the first step. Again, remember that transfer times are key, don’t let the shock of the big storage number cloud your judgement. There are much cheaper alternatives that while not as small, are just as useful and efficient. Then again, if you’ve never had that good of a relationship with say one of your kidneys, now may be the time to kill two birds with one stone….
Source: Technabob
