Kensington Launches World’s Biggest USB Thumb Drive

By Ed Sutherland (7:28 am, Jul 20 2009)

Kingston's 256GB DataTraveler

The days when you plugged your tiny thumb drive into your Mac may be over; memory maker Kingston Monday unveiled the 256GB DataTraveler 300 — more hard drive space than many desktop or laptop computers.

This thumb drive isn’t meant to transfer a few MP3s or an occasional Word or Excel file. No, the European branch of Kingston reports the DataTraveler has bigger tasks in mind, like 51,000 images or 365 CDs.

“This demonstrates how far flash technology has developed,” Antoine Harb, business development manager for Kingston Technology in the Middle East is quoted. Could this signal Apple a flash memory iMac or MacBook is possible?

Before you run out and grab a pocket-full of gigabytes, there may be a couple hitches: one is the record-breaking pricetag ($924). Another is sales for now are limited to Europe, according to reports.

If you still have a yen for a thumb drive, today’s Daily Deals have several budget-friendly offers.

(Via TBreak)

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backbone
with 256GB seems like you’d need something faster to transfer those files than a USB port
Eric
You would pay that much extra for portability and convenience?
Just buy a 1tb external from Fry’s for $170.
http://www.eunomia.com.ar/blog Moriz
The title of the post has a typo.
Jake
Shit It’s cheaper to get a mac mini and run it in target disk mode, Shit I would not pay $1000 for that POS