Crucial 2GB Gizmo Jr USB Flash Drive
June 18, 2008
When you hold the Crucial Gizmo Jr. between your fingers you will realize as if you are holding half size Dentyne gum. Thanks to Crucial at least they have provided with a small keychain hole at the end so you can use it as a keychain. Comfortably you can keep this flash drive in your wallet or tucked away with USB port. Crucial Gizmo Jr Flash drive will stand apart in the crowd of bulky and heavier flash drive such as Sandisk Cruzer Titanium in the market. Gizmo Jr uses NAND technology which provides more space around to use. Though it looks small and very thin, it offers huge storage potential.
Not only as it display its efforts from the outer cover but it has been built strongly from inside. Surprisingly it is very tough and survive the rough usage even if it get dropped in coffee cup or rinsed off with water it will not loose its performance. You can carry it in your pocket or wallet as many times you want along with any thing. Crucial Gizmo Jr is equipped with ReadyBoost for Window Vista, it can be used as best alternative to speed up your PC or notebook. Weighing just 1.62 g and portraying the dimension of about 12.4 mm (w) by 34.3 mm (l) by 2.2mm (h) can readily be locked up with you in a keychain or hides in your clothing pocket all the time without any problem.
Gizmo Jr is available up to 4GB densities and offers more space for storage. As far as the performance is concerned the company claims that if your host device with which Gizmo Jr is interfaced has slower read and write speed than Gizmo cannot deliver the expected speed in reading and writing operation. With ReadyBoost capability it shows considerable read and write speed with normal PC and notebook of average speed.
Specification
- Gizmo is compatible with Mac OS 9.1 and above, Windows Me & above and Linux kernel 2.2.19 and above.
- Also available in USB 1.1 or 2.0 USB port.
- Comes with limited lifetime warranty.
Conclusion
- There is no password protection with Gizmo Jr.
- The transferring speed is seems to be low when compared with its competitors.
- You have to handle with little care otherwise you might loose it or get crapped out.
- Only advantage it has is the size and space.
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