I was reading through EverythingUSB when I came across a news item on the introduction of the FlashDisc from Memorex. Flash drives can be handy little devices, but these FlashDiscs come in capacities of 16 MB or up to 32 MB. The non-usefulness of of a flash drive that small was well summarized by the blurb on EverythingUSB:
If you are not excited by the prospect of a flash based USB drive sporting 32 MB of data storage, then you are like me and actually expect a flash drive to hold some data. 32 MB?! That's like spending $3 to buy the winning lotto ticket and then finding out the jackpot was only $5. […]
I've been pondering buying a flash drive — I’d probably buy a Lexar JumpDrive Mercury if they were selling them yet — but I’m not sure what good a 32 MB drive would be. (At that size, the files would be small enough to transfer quickly of ftp, eh?)
I love the hell out of my 1GB Sandisk Cruizer.
And, an interesting reliability data point: I’ve washed and dried it 4 times now (still working – no data loss). On the other hand, I’ve had to replace the USB plug after it got bent when it was only 5 days old.
I teach high schoolers. 32MB, while not a good size for music and pictures is excellent for an entire quarter to a year of highschool assignments. I recommend them to all of my students. For the price, it can’t be beat.