"Sure the margins are low - but we'll make it up on volume!" At first glance it didn't make much sense to me why Intel announced flash drives last week. Going up against Samsung in flash, a company ... MSN: USB Flash Drives Are Fading Away and Here Are Better Alternatives to Use It’s getting harder to remember the last time a thumb drive actually solved a problem.

Understanding the Context

For years, that little stick felt like magic for quick hand-offs between computers. Now file sizes balloon, ports ... USB Flash Drives Are Fading Away and Here Are Better Alternatives to Use I've owned a couple of dozen flash drives starting back when they were a dollar a megabyte. Several of them have broken - usually when most needed.

Key Insights

But I've found a flash drive that not only handles ... We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Storage drives come in all shapes and sizes. They come in bricks and candy bar-style shapes similar to phones; they come in rugged, credit ... Toshiba is about to launch a new line of USB flash drives called TransMemory, the biggest of which will be a limited edition 16GB behemoth.

Final Thoughts

The flash drives will come with U3’s (the fancy name Toshiba ...