| SanDisk Cruzer Titanium Plus 4GB | OCZ ATV Turbo 4GB | SanDisk Cruzer Contour 4GB |
 |  - 4GB
- Unspecified read speed
- Unspecified write speed
- 2.28" x 0.75" x 0.28"
- 256-bit AES HW
- Automatic online backup
- One year warranty
- Shipping since Feb 2008
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- Read at 33 - 35MB/s
- Write at 26 - 30MB/s
- 3.25" x 0.75" x 0.38"
- Waterproof rubber
- Lifetime warranty
- Shipping since Jun 2007
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- Read at 25MB/s
- Write at 18MB/s
- No data encryption
- U3 USB apps platform
- Retractable connector
- Lifetime warranty
- Shipping since May 2007
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| Sandisk's latest flash drive offering - Cruzer Titanium Plus - has two revisions that seem somewhat odd to us. First, the Plus is colored gold, not exactly the original color of titanium - the rugged material used for the thumbdrive chassis. Second, Sandisk has stopped bundling U3 on their drives starting with the Titanium Plus. Those who scold about the incompetency of U3 platform can turn their target elsewhere. | We have all accidentally left a flash drive in our pocket and washed it, dropped it outside and left it to Mother Natures wrath, or something similar. Thankfully many manufacturers are starting to come up with ways to protect these frail devices and help them withstand our mishaps. While OCZ is not the first one to introduce a product that increases the durability and ruggedness of a flash drive, it is their first attempt at a flash drive with some extra resilience. | After six months of waiting, SanDisk's Cruzer Contour is finally shipping. Featuring a sleek black and silver exterior, innovative sliding USB connector and roughly twice the write speed of SanDisk's previous flagship drive, the Contour has a lot under its belt to appeal to our lust for gadgets. But does it successfully stand up to face SanDisk's uncrushable Cruzer Titanium? Read on for our in-depth review to find out. |
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Space Filler
4GB is the maximum size of cache file Vista's ReadyBoost can manage. With compression enabled by default, the amount of data held inside a 4GB cache could contain upwards of 8GB of data. |
| Ironkey 4GB | Corsair Flash Voyager GT 4GB | Lexar JumpDrive Lightning 4GB |
 | - 4GB
- Unspecified read speed
- Unspecified write speed
- 3" x 0.4" x 0.8"
- Potted metal
- 128-bit AES HW encryption
- Self-destruct data
- Anti-keystroke logger
- Shipping since May 2007
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 | - 4GB
- Read at 34MB/s
- Write at 28MB/s
- 3.05" x 0.95" x 0.5"
- All rubber
- 256-bit AES SW encryption
- Ten year warranty
- Shipping since Mar 2007
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 | - 4GB
- Read at 30MB/s
- Write at 21MB/s
- 3" x 0.87" x 0.43"
- Stainless steel with plastic
- 256-bit AES SW encryption
- Lifetime warranty
- Shipping since Dec 2006
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| The aptly named IronKey flash drive has been designed from ground up to protect your data with the best security commercially available, or so they say. Inside the flash drive is a hardware accelerated engine that always encrypts the data in AES CBC mode before being written to the drive. Encryption keys are generated and stored in the IronKey Cryptochip, and are never going to be stored on the PC which is often the place where traces of security leaks can be found. | Two years ago Corsair made a splash in the flash drive market with the launch of their Flash Voyager, a rubber coated drive that is meant to take a beating. While we have seen a few new capacities come out, Corsair has not made any dramatic improvements to the line until now with the release of the Flash Voyager GT. Built for extreme speeds and conditions, we put both of these to the test in our full review. Obligatory SUV crush test after the jump. | Lexar is updating their flagship-series Lightning with a new 4GB model. Sure, the 4GB is not any newsworthy nowadays with 8GB & 16GB in the horizon. Lexar tries to make up by throwing in a polishing cloth, lifetime warranty, ultra-fast 30/21MB/s read/write speeds as well as some nifty software including Ceedo (U3-like app platform), on-the-fly AES encryption and file shredder. |
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Space Filler
4GB is the maximum size of cache file Vista's ReadyBoost can manage. With compression enabled by default, the amount of data held inside a 4GB cache could contain upwards of 8GB of data. |
| Kingston Data Traveler Secure 4GB | SanDisk Cruzer Titanium 4GB | Sony Micro Vault Tiny 4GB |
 | - 4GB
- Read at 24MB/s
- Write at 10MB/s
- 3.06" x 0.9" x 0.47"
- Thin titanium with plastic
- 256-bit AES HW encryption
- Five year warranty
- Shipping since Nov 2006
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 | - 4GB
- Read at 15MB/s
- Write at 9MB/s
- 2.28" x 0.75" x 0.28"
- Full liquid metal
- No data encryption
- Retractable connector
- Two year warranty
- Shipping since Oct 2006
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 | - 4GB
- Read at 12MB/s
- Write at 7MB/s
- 1.18" x 0.57" x 0.11"
- Thin plastic
- One year warranty
- Shipping since Sep 2006
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| For roaming professionals who cannot afford to compromise sensitive data, there is quite a few options out there, most dealing with software encryption. However, such methods can be slow, and do little to protect the fragile drive itself. Enter Kingston DataTraveler Secure, a robust new flash drive featuring 256-bit AES encryption that works on-the-fly, a self destructing feature, and a casing that can handle life everyday abuses. | Speed. Reliability. Portability. Security. These are all things that should be present in a flash drive worthy of being called a mobile office. As the crème de la crème of SanDisk offerings, the new Cruzer Titanium 4GB flash drive has a lot to live up to. Now that it has been armed with U3 and a casing developed by Liquid Metal, we see how this flash drive handles the pressure. Literally. The product link contains a review of the 2GB. | Sony has a new member to its Micro Vault family of flash based USB drives called the Tiny. Tiny is an understatement, looking at the image the drive is barely larger than the USB connector portion itself. Don't worry, tiny dimensions doesn't mean tiny storage capacities for the Sony drives. The 4GB drive can store over 1000 MP3 songs or 1280 pics taken at 6 megapixels. The Tiny also comes with a Virtual Expander for data compression on the go. |
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