Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/28/cruzer_blade/
SanDisk launches Cruzer Blade USB thumblet drive
Fits in a thimble
Posted in Storage, 28th July 2010 09:39 GMT
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SanDisk has launched what it calls a paperclip-size USB thumb drive, designed to fit on a key ring and store from 2GB to 16GB of data.
The Cruzer Blade is not the smallest-ever thumblet drive but is about half the size of an ordinary USB thumb drive.
Traxdata claims to have the world's smallest thumb drive [1], the MICRO USB. The Pico USB [2] flash drive is the size of a finger nail, fits in a thimble and has a ring for keyring attachment.
With these thumblet drives the USB plug is bigger than the actual flash chip and mount. Really, the damn things can't go any smaller - you have to be able to hold one whilst sticking it into a USB slot.
The Cruzer Blade is available now in the United States and Canada at sandisk.com [3], with prices ranging from $14.99 to $77.99. ®