A new window on USB drives
Memorex unveiled its next USB drive with an LCD screen it says takes the guesswork out of remembering what is stored on the drive and how much free space is still available.
Shipping in November, the "TravelDrive ID," is a USB 2.0 standard drive that displays up to 13 characters that can be programmed to name to the drive, add a date, or identify the contents stored on it. The drive can even tell you when it is not plugged into the computer, the company said.
The device comes in three capacities: 512MB, 1GB and 2GB, priced at $79.99, $119.99 and $199.99 respectively.
USB flash drives have grown in popularity as a way of transferring personal computer data, images and audio files between home and office. The storage devices have grown in popularity so much over the past few years that they are now sold at supermarket check outs.
Recently, a consortium of USB flash drive manufacturers, including Memorex, put their efforts behind a group named U3 as a way to push the products beyond basic data storage.
