Cool new wallet flash card
December 22, 2005 by Mike Wendland
By now everyone knows the value of those portable little flash drives, sometimes called thumb drives because they are thumb-sized and shaped. They can store files, pictures, songs, presentations, whatever. Thumb drives are great gifts, but just released is a new credit card-sized USB flash drive so thin that it fits in your wallet. A 128 MB card costs $29 from a company called Walletex. I’ve had mine about a weeka nd, since I always have my wallet, I always have it. I’m surprised by how much I’m using it to move files around between home and office and laptop.
This is a nit-pick, but wouldn’t this concept work better if the connector thingy came off the wide side instead of the narrow side? I’m thinking about how it would fit into a wallet pocket, and seems like it would do that better if it were credit-card width.
Sorry. I’m a retired engineer and just can’t quit designing!
Merry Christmas, Mike.
It fits okay in my wallet… but I see your point. I am somewhat concerned the actual connection end will get dirty or break off as it protrudes out and the contacts are exposed.