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PNY Micro attaché USB key
It seems that the limiting factor on the size of USB keys is now the plug and ability to hold on to the thing to plug and unplug it.
The PNY Micro attaché takes this to extremes, it’s hard to see how you could make a USB key any smaller.
One of the ways that the size has been kept down is that it does not have a full USB plug; about a third of the key disappears inside the USB socket. Hopefully the photos demonstrate this, for non-UK readers the 5 pence is the smallest coin around.
Actually this does present the only real problem I had with the key. It is rather difficult to work out which way up it should go in the socket. Unless the socket is easily accessible, I found myself plugging it in and hoping, ready to swap over if Windows didn’t detect it.
Once I’d got it the right way round it was just like any other USB key. Performance was fine and it didn’t keep me waiting any longer than any other USB key.
There is a keyring hole, but to be honest I’ve just been keeping it in my wallet.
owh becareful sometime we can break it if it is in the pocket when sitting. i ever break once
posted-by tedfred | February 26, 2009 11:48 AM
Wow.....jeez at what point does small become small enough. This fad is one of my pet peeves. If it ain't broke don't fix it.
posted-by Sam | February 26, 2009 11:49 PM
I have to agree with sam-when do they become small enough!? I didn't know the usbs we're currently using were too big! must have missed that news flash!
posted-by amy | March 2, 2009 10:45 PM