Seriously, the marketing guys over at LaCie seem like a fun bunch. Not that we’re surprised… they did call their other USB keys the CooKey and WhizKey after all. So now, we have this tiny new thing called the MosKeyto. Tiny is probably an understatement; the MosKeyto has got to be one of the smallest USB drives available right now—at least the smallest we’ve seen without featuring a flat, chip-on-board interface that really doesn’t work with that well with older USB ports.
The smallest ever USB flash drive? We have no way to check SanDisk’s claim for the new Cruzer Blade, but we have to agree that this drive is really tiny. We couldn’t get a photo with a size reference, but if you see that hole on the corner, that’s where you loop a keychain through. So yeah, it’s tiny. About the size of a standard paper clip and about as light as a penny, the Cruzer Blade can easily be strapped to a keychain or mobile phone. Pretty handy if you ever needed a high-capacity mobile drive to go wherever your car keys go. Despite its size, it still packs a lot of data, with capacities ranging from the average 2GBs to a whopping 16GBs.
The Cruzer Blade is now available in the US and Canada, selling for $15 (2GB), $22 (4GB), $39 (8GB) and $78 (16GB).
While we’d all want our flash drives to come with enough protection to survive rough conditions, LaCie’s XtremeKey USB 2.0 flash drive takes it a step further. First off, it comes in a shell that’s built to take on conditions that are so extreme, you’d have to wonder why you’d need it in the first place.
While it’s a mystery why it took so long for the Xbox 360 to support USB flash drive-based storage, storage company SanDisk coming out with a flash drive branded specifically to plug into the console is a no-brainer. A little over a month after an Xbox 360 update added USB storage support, SanDisk stars shipping their Xbox 360 USB Flash Drive starting from $35.
If you don’t want to lose your dog but you can’t afford to “upgrade” your pet with a GPS tracker, there’s a simpler digital solution: the Flexi PC Pet ID Tag. It’s a simple waterproof/shockproof USB drive that clips onto your pet’s collar that you can use to store your pet’s info.
