Gizmodo: usb stick

World's Cheapest 64GB USB Stick Costs Only $111

Jason Chen — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:40:00 EDT

For the world's cheapest man, we present the world's (supposedly) cheapest 64GB USB stick. It's assembled just for you out of the Netherlands, the place where quality (?) USB drives are made. You have the choice of brown or black, which makes perfect sense since this thing's made of leather, and nobody wants a purple leather USB drive. We're cheap, not animals. [Van Der Led]

Rohos Logon Key Converts Any USB Stick To a Mac Login Key

Jason Chen — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:50:00 EDT

Rohos Logon Key is a bit of software that can convert any USB key you have into an actual "USB key" to unlock your Mac. The software sits in your login screen and detects the serial number of your USB key (which is unique, but might not be too easy to duplicate) as the identifier to log you in. Quite cool if you need a convenient way to secure your files from friends and relatives, but probably isn't strong enough to deter any professional data thieves. [Rohos via MacNN via TUAW via Everything USB]

Adorable iPod USB Stick Will Melt Any Apple Hater's Heart

matt buchanan — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDT

Sure, you might loathe Apple with every fiber of your Windows-running being. But look at this iPod USB stick. It's so cute. How can you hate it? It comes in 1GB and 2GB flavors for £19.95 (about $40, damn weak dollar) and £24.95 ($50). Yep, still adorable. Awwww. No? You probably hated Wall-E too. [BoysStuff via Nerd Approved]

Kingston DataTraveler Micro is a USB Stick with MicroSD Card Reader

Jason Chen — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:15:14 EST

USB thumb drives stopped being cool about 10 years ago, but what happens when you stick a microSD card reader on board? It gets cool again, that's what. Kingston's DataTraveler Micro does just that, and even holds up to 4GB of onboard memory inside the thumbdrive itself. The reader can read not only microSD cards, but microSDHC and Memory Stick Micro (M2). Prices are $19, $28 and $42 for the 1, 2 and 4GB models respectively. [Kingston]

Trekstor i.Beat Sweez Squeezes Music Player Down to 1 Ounce

Jason Chen — Tue, 08 May 2007 21:10:13 EDT

The latest music player from Trekstor, a company who's given us the oddly shaped Vibez, has been named the Sweez. Besides weighing just one ounce, the Sweez has FM playback, 1 or 2GB storage, a neckband, plays back MP3/WMA/WAV/WMA-DRM10 and features USB2.0 support. All in all it's nothing revolutionary since we've seen so many USB stick-shaped MP3 players that our feces is starting to be shaped like them.

But hey, we're sure somebody's interested in the Sweez. Lands soon at $59 and $79. – Jason Chen

Ridata DVB-T Tuner at CES

tgrumet — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:17:44 EST

Here's another little ditty we should be seeing at CES (only a few days away now). The Ridata DVB-T Tuner USB Stick, by Ritek USA, is just $60 and receives digital terrestrial TV and radio signals and supports DVB protocol ETS 300 744. Of course, this standard is specifically applicable in Europe, Taiwan, and Australia—not for America—(fantastic) but the company does insist that it will have one for our ATSC standards soon enough.

Advanced Media Set to Introduce USB DVB-T Tuner [Ritek]