King of the Flashes

Advantages: Portable high capacity storage
Disadvantages: Easy to lose

...The Kingston 4GB DataTraveler is a no-frills convenient and affordable USB flash drive. Compact USB flash memory drives have are an increasingly popular means of storing portable data. They are an efficient way of conveniently saving files for storage or as a quick and easy means of transferring your data from one computer to another. They have more or less replaced CDs as the principle storage device for making back up copies of data. Data flash drives are really the true replacements of the floppy disks used in the 1980s and 90s. Sometimes known as Flash Keys, they are versatile devices that are light and easy to carry. They can easily be slipped into a pocket or, depending upon the design, sometimes you can clip them onto a key ring. The design of this flash key is advantageous because the loop through which you can attach a key ring...

Zmugzy 03.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Kingston DataTraveler I - USB flash drive - 4 GB

Toshiba U3 USB Flash Drive 4Gb

Advantages: U3 support
Disadvantages: Intrusive programme everytime you plug it into a computer

...The Toshiba U3 flash drive provides a versatile way to store your memory. It comes in 4 sizes - 512Mb, 1Gb, 2Gb and 4Gb. It supports U3 and allows the user to install programmes on the USB drive, and then run it on the computer directly. --- the BASICS --- The Toshiba U3 flash drive is shaped as a normal USB drive - long and thin. It has a cap to cover the opening of the USB port. The cap is connected to the main part by a small string which comes with the drive. Other than that the drive has no other parts. The storage provided by the drive shows up as 3.79Gb. This is because 4Gb is actually 4,000,000 bytes. When divided by 1024 twice (into Kb and Mb) it is actually just 3.79Gb. Furthermore even more space is used up - this is illustrated by the fact that when the user plugs into the computer, it shows up as 2 drives - the removable...

ecolier 17.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Toshiba USB flash drive - 4 GB

Kingston USB 2GB Flash Drive

Advantages: Speed of small transfers
Disadvantages: No ReadyBoost, feels cheap

...Hi today I will be reviewing a Kingston DataTravler 2GB USB Flash Drive. I bought this a few months ago after losing my other flash drive. It cost me 9.97 from PC World but I believe you can get them cheaper in other places. Speed For the data that I transfer to it i.e. pictures and some small visual basic programs it transfers them extremely quick compared to some cheap flash drives I have used in the past. Problems So far I have had no major problems other than in windows vista it is not capable of running ReadyBoost which a free flash drive I had a while ago could. Size The overall size of the flash drive is quiet good the USB connector slides in and out with a rather flimsy press and slide switch. Feel The Kingston feels rather cheap and plastic considering the price I paid for it anyway. Over all this is not a bad...

coolguymcd 11.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Kingston DataTraveler 100 - USB flash drive - 2 GB

Kingston 1Gb Flash Drive

Advantages: Compact, fast, reliable
Disadvantages: Lack of transportation strap

...I remember when USB flash drives hit the market a few years back when you could fit a staggering 16Mb worth of data on a device the size of your middle finger. Since then capacity has increased and prices have decreased at an alarming rate. For example you can now get 4Gb flash drives for cheaper than the original 16Mb drives which represents great value for money. --Whats in the box -- Contents of the box are minimalistic to say the least, there is the drive itself and a little strap which you can then use to attach the drive to your belt/keyring, etc. This device really is plug and play in its simplest form, there arent even any instructions supplied with it, mainly because none are required. -- Useage -- Plugging the drive into a spare USB slot will give you an extra drive in Windows Explorer (My Computer) typically F...

craggybuk 02.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Kingston DataTraveler I - USB flash drive - 1 GB

Crucial 4GB USB drive

Advantages: backup, save important work, easy to transfer work or files from one pc to another
Disadvantages: none

...This Crucial Gizmo is great for anyone looking to backup there files up to 4GB. I have had this device for over a year now and it?s been great. You can save anything from pictures, music, videos, Photoshop files, pretty much anything you can think of really to this device. I backed up a few file drivers from one PC and placed them on to another PC, which worked great. This saved the hassle of writing a CD with the files I needed to place on to another PC which I would have probably only used once as well. This device is basically like having 6 CDS worth of data on or just under. The device is really easy to use, you basically plug the device into the USB slot and go to my computer, and where it says Devices and removable storage your device name will be listed e.g. Crucial. All you do from there is open up the storage device...

gremenis 16.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of Crucial Gizmo! USB flash drive - 4 GB

Kingston DataTraveler USB flash drive - 2 GB

Advantages: fast, lifetime-warranty
Disadvantages: nothing

...I gave my 2GB Kingston flash drive a few months ago and I think it's really great. I can use it for Microsoft Windows Vista ReadyBoost to speed up my PC. It's not too expensive and it has got a life-time warranty. It's really fast and every operating system contents a driver to use it. If you want to buy a somewhat cheap flash drive, and need a good quality buy that. Most of new PCs can boot from USB nowadays. Thanks to the USB 2.0 technology I can boot up my favourite live Linux distribution from it and I can save it back when I finished the work. You can use it for system rescue too but if you don't need these special "features" just use it to store and move data. :)...

xmouse 19.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of Kingston DataTraveler I - USB flash drive - 2 GB

Kingston DT 4 GB

Advantages: Capacity,Price.
Disadvantages: Speed.

...The prices of USB Flash Drives is at record low. Now one can easily purchase a 4 GB drive less than £ 20. This is very good for the average users. These drives are in the affordability range of almost all users. This drive is very compact. Its dimensions are: Width: 66.9 mm Depth: 20.4 mm Height: 9 mm It is also very light, weighing only 11.3 grams, so, you won't even feel it when you are carrying it in your pocket. It support USB 2.0 as well. It is compatible with almost every operating system including Windows Vista. Although the capacity has increased and price decreased, the performance of these drives is not very impressive. it operates at only 1x speed, which is very slow. Copying a small file is not that much of a task, but when large sized files(e.g. Video files) are copied, it takes a lot...

Khurram85 20.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Kingston DataTraveler I - USB flash drive - 4 GB

Super cheap high memory flash memory stick

Advantages: Cheap!! High memory
Disadvantages: None, Nothing wrong with it!

...As with many people out there, the USB flash drive device is a very important part of my life. Any documents that i produce on the PC are always backed up on the memory stick just in case the PC crashes and everything is lost. Not only would this take a lot of time to sort out, but for many peopleit would also cost them money. Before going out and buying this, I had one of the small sony flash drives, that i have already given a review of. When i unfortunately lost that one i had to go and buy another, i needed one that had a large memory capacity, and one that wasnt going to cost me and arm and a leg. The first port of call for me is alwayd amazon, where i stumbled across this, the Kingston Data Traveller, 8GB memory stick. Not only was it big enough for what i needed, it was also a steal at £16. My device is black in colour...

jaguarchallenge 16.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Kingston DataTraveler 100 - USB flash drive - 8 GB

Kingston USB flash drive

Advantages: Small, stylish, very lightweight yet seems robust
Disadvantages: I suppose it's only 128mb yet plenty for my use

...Purchased this from ebuyer for a mere £8 - its now gone up a bit - but still a bargin. I mainly bought it to store backups of important letters and spread sheets, however thought I would see how it worked first with it being so cheap. Plugged it in to my USB port and sure enough XP recognised it staight away ( you can download drivers for 98 etc as they are not supplied). For my first time using one of these Flash Memory Drives it was very easy, it appeared as an extra hard drive under "my computer" in XP, opened it up and decided to copy and paste a few pictures to take around to a mates PC - just to see how it went. The jargon on back of packet says you can store 96 pictures from a 3MPcamera - I'm already up to 100 and it will take more - so it obviously depends how your camera compresses them. For those who want to know they...

neilhobson 13.02.2005 · Read review
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Review of Kingston DataTraveler I - USB flash drive - 128 MB

If only all Pens Drive like this

Advantages: Cheap, good storage, quick/read write speed and small enough for pockets
Disadvantages: U3 installed software can be tricky

...I like to use flash drives (aka pen drives) as they are quicker for data transfer from PC to PC, rather than using such things as CD/DVDs, which can be a little bulky these days. For that reason I do own several different flash drives of many brands and many storage sizes, one of which is the Sandisk Cruzer Micro with 4 GB of memory. ** TECHNICAL BITS? * Operating system required? Microsoft Windows XP/2000 (SP4), Vista and Mac X10.1.2 or later. * Windows ready * Device storage sizes vary * U3 software included. (see below) * Approximate size is 20mm wide, 57mm long and 8mm thickness * Approximate weight is 60 grams ** It?s read and write speed is fast enough to transfer data without pulling your hair out in frustration, reading at over 25 MB?s p/s and writing at about 15 MB?s p/s. ** The two colours I know it...

blissman70 09.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of SanDisk Cruzer Micro - USB flash drive - 4 GB