Every day around the world thousands of business travellers slip their computers into their laptop bags and then grab a handful of USB Flash drives and stuff them into various pockets. I’m sure I’m not the only one to do this but it just seems that I never have enough space. I have two SanDisk Cruzer 16 gig flash drives, one 4 gig flash drive and then a handful of smaller sub-1 gig drives kicking around on my desk at the office and at home. That sure should seem like a lot of space but it really isn’t. I often have my 16 gig drives filled with movies, video or multimedia, leaving no space for work. My 4 gig drive is filled up with PDF files of long reports that I might need for my next project or to answer questions on my last project or even just that I planned to get around to reading but never managed. Even worse is the fact that I’m not very systematic so I never remember what I’ve saved to what disk. On work trips I end up taking them all just in case I forget one with an important file. It’s crazy, I know. And maybe I’m less organized than most people but I can’t believe that I am the only person in the world who does this.
So I was quite amazed to see the latest offering from Kingston. Now, as you probably know, Kingston has a long history of making laptop accessories and premium flash drives. Their little thumb drives aren’t the cheapest out there, but they do come with pretty nifty features such as password protection and other security enhancements.
The cool thing about their latest USB drive is its gigantic data storage. This little puppy can hold 256 gig. That’s huge. That’s more than the storage you get with most netbook and notebook computers. It’s bigger too than most compact portable disk drives such as the Western Digital range of passport drives. And it fits in your pocket. It is a bit bigger than the usual flash drive but not nearly as big as a hard drive.
I guess the downside to having so much storage in such a compact package is that it makes it really easy to lose the whole lot. If I worked for a government agency or big financial institution I would also be anxious. A spy or unscrupulous employee could download a huge pile of secret data if they could get this into the system.
I know it sounds silly getting excited about increased storage capacity. I mean remember how excited we got when we moved from an audio tape storage on home computers to floppy disk drives. I’m sure people will read this in a couple of years and laugh at me getting enthusiastic about a measly 256 gig. But until that happens, this little puppy looks to be the answer to my dreams for more storage space. The only flaw in my logic is the law that data expands to fill the available space. I’m sure it will be no time before I’ve taken up everything in this and am still hunting around for my old USB drives again.
Kingston Datatraveler 310 - 256 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive DT310/256GB
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 List Price: $782.80 Sale Price: $269.99 Availability: unspecified 
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Product Description
Kingston's new DataTraveler® 310 USB Flash drive features 256GB capacity, making it the highest capacity drive available on the market.
Details
- SPEED - data transfer rates of 25MB/sec. read and 12MB/sec. write
- Convenient - does not require Administrator rights to access the Privacy Zone
- Safeguarded - includes Password Traveler
- Operating Temperature ? 32° to 140°F (0° to 60°C)
- Storage Temperature ? -4° to 185°F (-20° to 85°C)
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