USB mP3 (1 Viewer)

[StGeorgeDragons]

wats the most storage u can get in a flash mp3 usb drive?

 

[redslert]

1gig

10100101010

 

[Collin]

In the traditional sense of flash-based stick players, where you can just plug it into USB ports directly, it's 1GB.

However the largest in the consumer market which uses flash-based memory is the 4GB iPod Nano.

 

[StGeorgeDragons]

i reckon the usb flash is alot easier, u can take it anywhere and connect it straight into the computer, instead of having wires and stuff.

 

[Collin]

It's only 'easier' in the sense that you don't need wires nor software (unless you're using Windows 98).. so that would make it more portable than 'easy'. It's pretty easy to load songs using hard disk based players too, as long as you have the software installed. But the obvious major disadvantage is that you can't carry anywhere near as many songs as a hard disk based player.

 

[SashatheMan]

i read that some companyt recently were able to make a flash stick which was 20 gigs in size. ill try to find the article

 

[Collin]

Well I know we've got 8GB ones in the consumer market today. A 20GB flash drive, I can't even imagine how expensive that would be.

 

[SashatheMan]

Well I know we've got 8GB ones in the consumer market today. A 20GB flash drive, I can't even imagine how expensive that would be.

i dont think its int he consumer market, some japanese comapny i think was just developing it and it was at its earyl stages

 

[SashatheMan]

the article also spoke about how with such a size , flash drives could replace hardrives in some instances

 

[seremify007]

Yeh I remember reading something like that where Samsung had developed the new RAM chips- the first batch appeared in iPod Nanos- as in where they used this new manufacturing process.

 

[Collin]

i dont think its int he consumer market, some japanese comapny i think was just developing it and it was at its earyl stages

It is. One of them is the Pretec’s iDisk II, already out by the beginning of this year.

 

[seremify007]

I saw a USB drive (1gig) for $89.95 yesterday.... I remember paying $50 for a 32mb one ages ago. Prices have come down alot!

 

[Collin]

Where?????? Last time I checked they were retailing for around $150... me want bargain

 

[Collin]

Any retail stores?