Sony Micro Vault Click Turbo 8 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive with Virtual Expander USM8GLX

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(3 stars) - Sony Click Excellence
Seems that this item's info has been mis-entered. The proper name for this item is the Microvault Click Excellence. http://www.sony-europe.com/pressrelease/id/1211181589903?sectiontype=PressRelease

Shame on you Amazon, for providing such little product info. Also, for apparently getting the name wrong. Shame on you, Sony, for being so slow to roll out a product that was announced in May (and still, Amazon is the only place I've seen it).

(2 stars) - Click yes, turbo no
Skip this one. Very useful form factor, great looks, poor performance. A mid-2008 new 'turbo' should do better than 10 MB/sec. My two-year-old Lexar Lightning does 20 MB/sec write sustained.

I purchased & kept Sony's 4GB Tiny, which has an even slower 5 MB/sec transfer speed. Molasses slow, but the tiny form factor was and remains very appealing.

There's lot to like with the new Click Turbo, but transfer rate isn't one of them. With 8GB of storage capacity, Sony should know write speed is a key consideration, especially if the drive is labeled Turbo.

If Sony had introduced this product in 2003, they probably would own the flash drive market. Five years later, its a yawner.

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