Monday, March 27, 2006
Verbatim Launches 16MB Rewriteable FlashDisc: Useful Product or Worst Idea Ever?
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 02:30 PM
"VerbatimŽ Corporation, the worldwide leader in CD and DVD media, announced today an exciting new storage solution, the Verbatim16MB FlashDisc. The innovative FlashDisc is not only a brand new product, it forms the basis for an entirely new flash-based media category. Developed by M-Systems, the Verbatim FlashDisc will be available in April. With an MSRP of only $19.99 for a 3-pack, the new media is set to revolutionize the way consumers, students and office workers exchange photos, music and other digital data files. Available in rich, vibrant colors, Verbatim FlashDiscs can be used for cost-effectively exchanging data or as an alternative to leaving behind hardcopy business presentations. Depending upon the file size, each 16MB FlashDisc can hold hundreds of documents, dozens of presentations or photos or a handful of MP3 files."
Remember in the first Matrix movie, when Neo was looking through a box full of cartridges? There's something I find appealing from a purely tactile standpoint - seeing and feeling a physical repsentation of your data. But that type of data storage is becoming less and less common - Verbatim seems to be making a push for bringing it back. 16MB doesn't seem like enough space to be all that useful. What do you think of the FlashDisc concept?
Remember in the first Matrix movie, when Neo was looking through a box full of cartridges? There's something I find appealing from a purely tactile standpoint - seeing and feeling a physical repsentation of your data. But that type of data storage is becoming less and less common - Verbatim seems to be making a push for bringing it back. 16MB doesn't seem like enough space to be all that useful. What do you think of the FlashDisc concept?
