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New 4GB Flash Drive Packs Quite a Punch

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-even-easier-to-lose-with-your-keys dept.

PCPro has a neat little tidbit about a new flash drive from Corsair. This little drive, only half the size of a lighter, packs a punch with 4GB of data storage and a very reasonable price tag (approx $32 USD). "When a Corsair rep turned up at Dennis Towers yesterday he told us he'd brought something pretty special to show off. We were therefore distinctly underwhelmed when he said it was ... a flash drive. But this flash drive needs seeing to be believed. It's been passed all round the office, where it's invariably been greeted with ooohs and aaaahs of grinning appreciation."

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  1. !news by Slashdot+Suxxors · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A tiny flash drive? Honestly?

    1. Re:!news by adonoman · · Score: 2, Insightful

      If this were 32 or 64 GB, then I'd be impressed, but come on - we already have 8GB Micro SD cards.

    2. Re:!news by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hell, even those uncontacted natives in the remote amazon wilderness were unimpressed.

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    3. Re:!news by Hijacked+Public · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, but what we don't have is 8GB Micro SD card vendors paying from front page Slashdot ads.

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    4. Re:!news by chaosmind · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Yeah, this is a truly weak excuse for a story.

      I just bought an 8 Gig drive for $39 USD, so the price isn't amazing. No MP3 player or slot for an SD card, nothing really technologically innovative...

      We need an actual "products review" section (products.slashdot.org) in order to filter out such stories when you're not in a shopping mood.

    5. Re:!news by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, they did throw spears at it.

    6. Re:!news by el+americano · · Score: 3, Funny

      "We were therefore distinctly underwhelmed when he said it was...a flash drive."

      Join the party, pal.

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    7. Re:!news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think we should throw Spears back at them, Britney Spears.

    8. Re:!news by l00sr · · Score: 3, Funny

      You're right. No wifi, less space than a Nomad. Lame.

  2. Slashvertisement by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Can I be the first to say....So what?

  3. Nice ad by DurendalMac · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So, does Slashdot get paid for this kind of advertisement?

    1. Re:Nice ad by CogDissident · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Lots of slashvertisements lately. Anyone know a good news site that covers the same geek range, but hasn't sold out this much?

    2. Re:Nice ad by snl2587 · · Score: 4, Interesting

      And they've all been coming from ScuttleMonkey. ALL of them.

    3. Re:Nice ad by Pulzar · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Very insightful -- not. I like this story, for one. I don't believe Taco selling out.

      What do you like about it? It's not a particularly interesting article, and the product being showed off is not particularly advanced, cool, or really, not much of anything compared to other similar products. I mean, you can get 8GB flash drives that are smaller than that, and the size and capacity are the only thing going for this product.

      Really, either the editor doesn't know what's top of the line these days, or Slashdot's getting paid to insert product advertisements as stories. Not being much of a conspiracy theorist myself, I believe it's the former. Nevertheless, it still makes it a bad "story" to post.
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    4. Re:Nice ad by pembo13 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Well, I am kinda actually interested, and happy this got posted.

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  4. Re:more information by Slashdot+Suxxors · · Score: 4, Funny

    See! Even the goatse trolls are less than enthusiastic. "Stories" like these bring everyone down.

  5. um. by Vanigard_Man · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "looks down at his lighter-sized, $35 8 gig flash drive* and this is big because?

  6. Sony's Micro Vault Tiny is smaller by NixieBunny · · Score: 2, Informative

    I keep one of these in my wallet. It's wafer-thin. Pretty much the size of a flash chip plus a USB connector wafer. They come in sizes up to 8GB.

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    1. Re:Sony's Micro Vault Tiny is smaller by somersault · · Score: 3, Funny

      Maitre D: And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin USB drive.

      Mr Creosote: No.

      Maitre D: Oh sir! It's only a tiny little thin one.

      Mr Creosote: No. Fuck off - my wallet's full... [jingles]

      Maitre D: Oh sir... it's only wafer thin.

      Mr Creosote: Look - I couldn't fit in another thing. It's absolutely stuffed. Bugger off.

      Maitre D: Oh sir, just... just one...

      Mr Creosote: Oh all right. Just one.

      Maitre D: Just the one, sir... voila... bon jour...
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  7. It's not that small or that big... by argent · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You can get higher capacity drives than that in more compact packages. It's a little cheaper than the 4G version of this drive but the Sandisk product's got it beat to hell for coolness.

  8. Geez, my dick is smaller than THAT! by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait a minute. Did I just say that out loud?

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    1. Re:Geez, my dick is smaller than THAT! by jcgf · · Score: 2, Funny

      Erect or flaccid?

    2. Re:Geez, my dick is smaller than THAT! by elrous0 · · Score: 2, Funny

      First one, then the other.

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  9. I'm not angry like some people about this... by Facegarden · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ... but it certainly is rediculous... OMG a small flash drive! Umm.. Smaller flash drives of the same or larger capacity already exist... Why the hell is that on here? People complain about things being not news all the time if they're not interesting enough, but this literally is not news for nerds, in the sense that we are all already aware that small flash drives exist, it is not terribly cheap by comparison to other small flash drives, and it has no seemingly special features. It is also not "stuff that matters". I don't complain about things not being news normally (or maybe ever on this site?) but this is just plain ridiculous, please never, ever, post things like this, it dilutes the value of the other articles on your site. -Taylor

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  10. +1 Insightful +1 Interesting by xtracto · · Score: 2, Funny

    I would post that as an "ask slashdot" unfortunately, it would never be accepted :(

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  11. Re:Half the size of a lighter by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have a lighter, the size of a flash drive. Maybe we can make these objects into standard units of measure!

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  12. So what does a media placement on slashdot go for? by AmazingRuss · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have an amazing computer that is battery powered and fits on your lap that I would like to promote.

  13. The best part of the whole "article" by jeffmeden · · Score: 4, Funny
    This guy should NOT be a "components" ANYTHING with a world-class knucklehead observation like this:

    Considering our components editor paid £50 for a single gigabyte of bulky storage just a couple of years ago, the inexorable march and miniaturisation of USB storage is plain to see. Jeepers! Only a few years in order for storage technology to get smaller, more capacious, and cheaper! Oh what wonders the future has brought!
  14. Who the hell modded this story up? by wolf12886 · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2013240522+1309421175&name=4GB

    Dam, even a 15 second foray to Newegg turns up no fewer than 4 drives that are small, have a capacity of 4 gigs, and are well rated.

    Whats next, "This man in a lab coat says ____'s "Male Enhancement" product really works"

    1. Re:Who the hell modded this story up? by mattmcm · · Score: 2, Funny

      "This man in a lab coat says ____'s "Male Enhancement" product really works" Your ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
  15. SuperTalent Pico by lesinator · · Score: 3, Informative

    The SuperTalent Pico drives (in particular the C) are smaller. I recently purchased a 4gb model for half the price of these. You can also get the Pico with 8gb. I am not impressed with what Corsair is offering.

  16. (yawn) Call me in 2006 by WuphonsReach · · Score: 2, Insightful

    4GB flash drives (of any size) are OLD. The current "big" sizes are 8GB.

    What I want is a Corsair Cruzer Titanium in a 16GB or 32GB size.

    (I like my little 2GB Cruzer Titanium. It hangs off my keychain and is surviving very well on a day-to-day basis.)

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  17. Re:Half the size of a lighter by iminplaya · · Score: 2, Funny

    How many Libraries of Congress can the lighter burn down?

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