My favorite part of the M-Flyer Pilot—part of Memorex’s TravelDrive line of USB flash drives—is that its USB connector is retractable. In fact, that’s its most exciting feature, though it does now support Vista’s ReadyBoost feature and it’s been gussied up a bit with metallic blue or red accents. The drive also comes loaded with Portable Vault USB security software from Migo Software for password protection and 256-bit encryption of files.
The M-Flyer Pilot will be available next month at “major consumer electronics retailers and office super stores in the United States and Canada” in 2GB ($49) or 4GB ($79) storage capacities. You’ll have to try to contain your excitement till then.
Memorex Introduces Next-Generation TravelDrive M-Flyer USB Flash Drive [press release]
Ok. you give all this space to a huge and somewhat silly looking USB drive because, and I quote, “… its USB connector is retractable.”
Ok, take a look at this:
http://www.kingston.com/flash/dtmini_migo.asp
Way smaller, nicer looking, 2gb, and yes, retractable. I ordered directly from Kingston, but you can find them at many stores. Though not ReadyBoost ready, its a lot cheaper than the Memorex.
I kinda pointed out that the retractability was its most exciting feature. Never said it looked great or it was super compact or that it was cheap. Also never said it was the only retractable drive available. Basically I was just letting readers know about the availability. And the Kingston, while attractive and likely a better buy, was not released yesterday, hence why I devoted “all this space” to the M-Flyer.