>>>Verbatim announced a 12 GB USB drive that will retail for $179. I think it will available in the next month or so. It's a 1 inch by 3 inch drive. So it will still fit in your pocket.
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>>That is last week news (eons ago, in this market <s>). Solid state memories up to 128 GB are coming...
>>http://www.gizmag.com/go/6739/
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>>Enjoy!
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>Why does it need to be a disk if it's solid state?

This is a problem I have with the nomenclature too.

I *guess* "they" call it a "disk" because of how the data is stored on the device - like any other diskette (my 2GB unit uses FAT).
I wonder if a 128GB is supportd by FAT?