News - Buffalo to launch tiny 16GB USB flash drive

[Chris P]

uni

I'm not sure what exchange rate you are using but $138 is around £ 85, not £3000?

[Funkstar]

Personally I prefer this:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/05/e...balls-look-bi/

Looks to be about the same size as the Buffalo, but it is a card reader instead so it's a little more useful.

If you look at the end of the USB plug, the card slides into the ~2mm thick piece of plastic.

[scaryjim]

Surely for a netbook you want a 4port USB mini hub, four of these, and software RAID 0...?!

EDIT: or maybe one of these for your HTPC?

[Unique]

uni

I'm not sure what exchange rate you are using but $138 is around £ 85, not £3000?

the way things are going it'll be closer to £3000 by the time it's released though

i was just making a sly joke about the economy

£85 is pretty steep though, considering standard size 16gb drives are about the £18 mark in many places, and some of them are still pretty small. they really need to get the price down by a lot to make it a popular item. i can't imagine many people wanting to pay 4x as much, an extra £60 or so to save the bulk on the end of the drive. you can get an external 2.5" 500gb usb powered drive for less

i wonder if they will be able to squeeze down the size of usb modem dongles to about the same size, so they don't jut out of laptops and notebooks. that could be a popular idea

[Unique]

Surely for a netbook you want a 4port USB mini hub, four of these, and software RAID 0...?!

EDIT: or maybe one of these for your HTPC?

you could take inspiration from the flight of the conchords "cameraphone" and just duct tape a couple of 2.5" 500gb external drives to the bottom, and voila, the first 1tb capacity netbook

[Chris P]

uni

He - thought so

£85 is a lot more expensive than other Pendrive's of this capacity, but it is extremely small.

I'm checking with Buffalo to try and confirm when we can expect stock and a price.

Chris

[baius]

These look fabulous. I'd pay £35 for one of these. £20 for an 8gb. (NOT £85, though.) Awaiting Scan's pricing.

Edit: Does Buffalo flash memory come with a lifetime warranty like Sandisk and Kingston?