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Lexar USB Jump Drive 512 Megabyte
Date of Review: Feb 21, 2008
The Bottom Line: Portable USB drives like the Lexar Firefly are a boon to someone who needs to transport or store important files. Instantly accessible through any computer.
Lexar USB Jump Drive 512 Megabyte
Lexar Firefly Jump Drive is an portable USB flash drive that provides a convenient solution for storing, transferring, and sharing multimedia and more. It's ideal for storing lots of data, be it pictures, music, or important files.
These little portable thumb or jump drives are the cat's pajamas for carrying data to a presentation without having to lug a computer along, too.
A jump drive is a USB connector attached to an integrated circuit with flash memory. It gets seen by the computer as a drive, even though it has no moving parts and files can be recorded on it, deleted, and replaced.
The days of messy disks, CDs, and tenuous internet connections are behind us with these various plug n play data storage and retrieval solutions that work through a USB connection. Just record what you want on your jump drive and carry it in your pocket or purse to the place where you need to use it. Plug it into any USB port and your files are instantly accessible, whether data, photo, music, or video.
A member of the Lexar Firefly series, these mini USB flash drives come in 6 different capacities ranging from 256 MB to 8 GB, all in a compact package. The different capacities are color coded and have a blue light to show when they are being accessed.
The Lexar Fireflies are among the smallest jump drives I've seen. Each has a clear plastic cap that fits over the USB plug and a loop to hook it on a key chain or necklace.
These portable data storage units are ideal solutions for keeping important records outside of your PC in case it stops working. How many times have you pondered over how to maintain a record of your important financial papers, your medical information, income tax, valuable objects serial numbers, insurance contacts, legal papers, and so on? These jump drives are the perfect solution as records can be copied on them and then the drive can be stored in a safe location for access if and when needed.
The powerful, hi-speed USB Jump Drive Firefly allows you to quickly and easily transfer and store digital documents, photos, MP3 files, and video clips. So wherever you go, your information goes with you.
To use simply plug into a USB port and the computer will automatically be able to access it. Open your Windows Explorer and drag and drop the selected files onto the jump drive icon and they will be recorded as you will see by the blue light blinking.
You can pick the size to meet your needs. The Firefly comes in six colors for its six varying capacities-up to a whopping 8GB of storage. It also comes with a key chain hole so it can be easily tethered onto a key ring, necklace, or hooked to a purse or briefcase.
I purchased the 500 Megabyte size (chartreuse) because I'm basically carrying text, but if you need more capacity, you can choose the larger size you want.
The Lexar USB Jump Drive is an ideal solution for easily storing, carrying, and transferring your files, photos, video, etc.
