Portable flash drives have taken on many names such as "USB keys", "memory keys", "pen drives", "thumb drives", "pocket drives", the list goes on. Portable Flash Drives have also reached an almost uncountable number of different shapes and sizes, since their inception. From humble beginnings of, what seems now a meager, 8MB we have reached 64GB and soon beyond in a devices no bigger than a pack of chewing gum.
In this time, flash based hard drives - more commonly known as solid state drives or SSDs - have also emerged which are also changing the portable flash drive landscape. These flash drives, available in a range of physical sizes and capacities, are now gaining ground on the portable spinning hard drives that have become almost as ubiquitous as the USB flash drive. With the new SSD portable flash drives requiring less power and less prone to travel damage due to no moving parts, they are quickly becoming the prefered portable storage for those who require more space than the smaller USB flash drives have to offer.
The multitude of options in portable flash drives is constantly advancing. Not only in capacity but also transfer speeds, security - both physical and software, physical size and longevity of the flash chips themselves. We will be keeping any eye on the different portable flash drive options as the become available and help everyone navigate through the enormous maze of products.
Not only will we be trying to discover the latest and greatest portable flash drives but also help everyone with some useful tips, security guidelines and maybe even some new uses for your flash drives. Some of the topics we will be looking at are;
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