SanDisk has long since upheld its strong reputation for making good flash memory products. In fact, SanDisk holds the patents to a number of...

Solid metal construction; Trusted slider mechanism means no lost caps; Automatic online backup system; Consistent read and write speeds

Online backup is only a six month trial; Not a huge fan of U3; Online backup can be very slow; Only available in 4GB and 8GB (for now

USB drives are wonderful things. SanDisk is one of the biggest names in USB drives, and I must say I am very happy with mine. I purchased it on sale and got the 512 Mb version for $17. 99 (after rebate), not a bad price at all. In retrospect, however, I wonder if I should have gotten a larger model.

Admins have a few choices here. 1. Ban the blighters. 2. Don't ban them but make sure people use company drives. 3. Add encryption into that mix, surely the best choice of all. Whatever path is chosen, policies will be needed to manage them, or enforce their absence.

SanDisk actually sent us two new USB thumb drives in the well established Cruzer range to review, the other one being the Enterprise which is less Star Trek and more The Apprentice.

Speedy and secure; Vista ReadyBoost ready

Ugly and flimsy plastic casing

Most people these days carry a USB flash drive around with them. For laptop or Tablet PC users they've become as much a commodity as say sugar or oil.[...]

SanDisk has been a big and common household name ever since the introduction of flash memory into mainstream consumer hands. When the name 'CompactFlash' was mentioned during the times when majority of electronics such as PDAs and cameras used it, many will associate it with the name 'SanDisk'...

Introduction As you can tell if you've been following our latest reviews, small portable storage solutions have been popular around here. We are very impressed and happy with the flash USB drives we've reviewed so far, and they are all similar in many ways.

Upgradeable storage capacity; Cool design; Convenient and flexible; Easy to use; especially with newer O/S's like Windows XP; 2 year warranty; USB extension cable and travel case included

USB extension cable will probably be too short for users with USB ports in back of PC; Moving parts could break although