Just picked up a few thumb drives from Hong Kong

[mcvickj]

Storing 8GB of data on a pen drive would be nice but I don't think I could give up USB 2.0 support.

 

[Budmantom]

I have $16 worth of paypal ready for you

 

[Shawn]

maybe it compresses the data somehow?

 

[Wizkid]

Copy an 8GB zip file to the drive, then copy it back and then run Actions->Test in Winzip.

 

[SunnyD]

Well gee... google the Samsung part number (the second line) on the chip, and it will tell you the capacity of the thing and exactly what kind of part it is. I would have done this already but half of the partnumber is unreadable in your pic.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

$15 sounds like they fell off a truck.

 

[Runes911]

Originally posted by: BriGy86
i gotta say it-

In Soviet Russia, flash drives store YOU!

Fixed.

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: Runes911

Originally posted by: BriGy86
i gotta say it-

In Soviet Russia, flash drives store YOU!

Fixed.

haha! For sure...

Even if it does compress it or something, even thought it has no 2.0 support, I'd still buy one to play with.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: Runes911

Originally posted by: BriGy86
i gotta say it-

In Soviet Russia, flash drives flash YOU!

Fixed.

Improved. And above, there is a picture of a naked flash drive.

 

[MaxFusion16]

it's a fake

 

[imported_Pablo]

Originally posted by: MaxFusion16
it's a fake

Good catch!

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: MaxFusion16
it's a fake

Sounds conclusive.

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: MaxFusion16
it's a fake

well...duh! what did you expect for $15.00?

 

[Juno]

your 8gb flash drives would appear as 64mb flash drives i believe.

 

[JoPh]

so how much did u fit on there?

 

[Krazy4Real]

awww... i was starting to hope this was actually possible.

 

[StrangerGuy]

8GB thumbdrives for $15?

NO WAI!!!!

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: sisq0kidd
Pic 1
Pic 2
Update: Pic 3

My friend's dad went to Hong and picked up a few of these sony thumb drives.

They are 8gbs! It's obvious they aren't really sony thumb drives, but they work and I see all 8gbs of space.

I put my sandisk thumb drive next to it to show you how small these "Sony" drives are.

Anyone else have any info on these drives?

In order to salvage my post in off topic, this thread is about Hong Kong. Just so happens there's a thumb drive to boot.

how much were they?

 

[cerebusPu]

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: sisq0kidd
Pic 1
Pic 2
Update: Pic 3

My friend's dad went to Hong and picked up a few of these sony thumb drives.

They are 8gbs! It's obvious they aren't really sony thumb drives, but they work and I see all 8gbs of space.

I put my sandisk thumb drive next to it to show you how small these "Sony" drives are.

Anyone else have any info on these drives?

In order to salvage my post in off topic, this thread is about Hong Kong. Just so happens there's a thumb drive to boot.

how much were they?

$15

 

[mercanucaribe]

So did you get 8gb on it?

 

[hevnsnt]

damnit, I thought I was going to get to be the one to bust his bubble

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
So did you get 8gb on it?

 

[Rubycon]

Wow what compression algorithm are they using?

 

[sisq0kidd]

So far I have 100mbs in there.

I'm transfering about a gig into there, but damn no usb2.0.

I'll update when it's done.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: sisq0kidd
So far I have 100mbs in there.

I'm transfering about a gig into there, but damn no usb2.0.

I'll update when it's done.

I'd be interested to see if you could somehow disable the compression software and get a more usable drive. The size would still have to be pretty substantial for it to get 8GB compressed. I wouldn't be surprised if they were usb2 as well, but the compression software is slowing it down.