Warm: *TINY* 128m USB Thumb Drive $29 (Microcenter)

[hevnsnt]

This is not Hot by any means, but I was in microcenter yesterday and I saw this and had to pick it up.

I went in looking for the smallest drive (formfactor) they had, and saw this.

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0157074

$29 + tax

 

[jtallon]

There are no dimensions listed for it - how small is 'tiny' ? Amazing how cheap these things have gotten...

 

[HESDog]

Originally posted by: jtallon
There are no dimensions listed for it - how small is 'tiny' ? Amazing how cheap these things have gotten...

Dimension: 2.6 inch(l) x 0.8(w) x 0.4(h)

 

[hevnsnt]

Sprint Sanyo 8100 Picture

 

[DanFungus]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
Sprint Sanyo 8100 Picture

I get
"<!--
-- Unfortunately, Microsoft has added a clever new
-- "feature" to Internet Explorer. If the text in
-- an error's message is "too small", specifically
-- less than 512 bytes, Internet Explorer returns
-- its own error message. Yes, you can turn that
-- off, but *surprise* it's pretty tricky to find
-- buried as a switch called "smart error
-- messages" That means, of course, that many of
-- Resin's error messages are censored by default.
-- And, of course, you'll be shocked to learn that
-- IIS always returns error messages that are long
-- enough to make Internet Explorer happy. The
-- workaround is pretty simple: pad the error
-- message with a big comment to push it over the
-- five hundred and twelve byte minimum. Of course,
-- that's exactly what you're reading right now.
-->"

when i click on your link

 

[aceO07]

I didn't get any message using Mozilla Firebird. I just got a blank page. I did get that message when I told Firebird to say that it was IE.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Maybe the Sanyo USB drive is "so small" that it can't be viewed by the human eye?

 

[attention]

The absolute coolest and smallest is indeed this one:

http://www.mystorix.com/axis_idx.html

It was FAR (32MB) a few month ago.

It is so practical and useful that I ordered a few (normal price) as gifts for good colleagues and friends. They, too, love them!

 

[salfter]

Originally posted by: attentionThe absolute coolest and smallest is indeed this one:

http://www.mystorix.com/axis_idx.html

This, I suspect, is smaller still:

256MB "Intelligent Stick"

It's comparable in size to an SD card (it's a little longer and a little narrower) and has a pop-out USB connector.

 

[attention]

Originally posted by: salfter

Originally posted by: attentionThe absolute coolest and smallest is indeed this one:

http://www.mystorix.com/axis_idx.html

This, I suspect, is smaller still:

256MB "Intelligent Stick"

It's comparable in size to an SD card (it's a little longer and a little narrower) and has a pop-out USB connector.

It looks smaller but is definately not USB standard. You'd need to put it into a shell as pictured here
http://www.tadara.com/items-id=11683.htm
to get it up to the standard (not saying that it might work even without the shell...).
And how do you "carry" it? Mine is hooked up to my keychain (a very good way to make sure I won't lose it). The other problem are the contacts, totally exposed...
Nive find and nice unit and good price nevertheless (but I still prefer the rugged storix unit).

 

[CheetahMk2]

The Intelligent Stick is standard, as in if you shove it into a USB port the gold contacts are in the right place. It does not have a keychain hole, so you carry it [up to two] in a card about the size of a Swiss Army Card.

However, the SMALLEST KEYCHAIN drive I have ever seen is this one, which I currently have my eye on. I only need ~16MB for small files and maybe a bootable partition: link Too bad it isn't FAR : (

 

[attention]

Wow!
Agreed!
THAT is small!

 

[DarkManX]

Originally posted by: CheetahMk2
The Intelligent Stick is standard, as in if you shove it into a USB port the gold contacts are in the right place. It does not have a keychain hole, so you carry it [up to two] in a card about the size of a Swiss Army Card.

However, the SMALLEST KEYCHAIN drive I have ever seen is this one, which I currently have my eye on. I only need ~16MB for small files and maybe a bootable partition: link Too bad it isn't FAR : (

i bought that drive off ebay, its tiny, alot smaller then i imagined, except my dumba$$ friend ripped it apart.

 

[TekDemon]

Originally posted by: DarkManX

Originally posted by: CheetahMk2
The Intelligent Stick is standard, as in if you shove it into a USB port the gold contacts are in the right place. It does not have a keychain hole, so you carry it [up to two] in a card about the size of a Swiss Army Card.

However, the SMALLEST KEYCHAIN drive I have ever seen is this one, which I currently have my eye on. I only need ~16MB for small files and maybe a bootable partition: link Too bad it isn't FAR : (

i bought that drive off ebay, its tiny, alot smaller then i imagined, except my dumba$$ friend ripped it apart.

lol...kick your friend's a$$.

But that does seem like the ultimate in ultra small drives...you could be quite the "31337 h@x0r" if you loaded up a linux install onto it(the bootable kind) and went around booting linux wherever you went.

Yeah it is a huge waste of money

 

[BG4533]

Are all USB drives capable of being bootable? I know the mobo has to support it as well. My main board I would use it on is a Asus A7N8X Deluxe.

Thanks,
Brian

 

[BG4533]

Also, any idea how it compares to this 256MB Cruzer Mini for $45AR?

 

[Drujb]

I've had the 128MB Intelligent Stick for about 5 months now. I must say I love the thing. The main killer improvement would be USB 2.0 speed. I wonder if that's even possible with this little thing?

Anyhow, here are a couple of pictures I just took. I carry it around in my wallet. It was a great deal at $20 AR.

Here's my el cheapo ISP provided photo album (yahoo =P). Just click on the "pub" folder.

Intelligent Stick Photos

 

[StraightPipe]

whats the best deal on thumb drive right now?