Fresh from an embarrassing product recall, Lexar has announced its new 1 and 2 GB JumpDrive Lightning USB flash drives. The JumpDrive Lightning’s come with the company’s PowerToGo software platform pre-installed, enabling users run and launch standard Windows applications direct from the JumpDrive without installing the software onto a host computer. The idea is to let users carry around a virtual PC environment on the flash drives, so they have not only their data and documents, but also the preferred applications they use to develop and manage that information.
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CES 2006 Profile: Lexar Media
Lexar Media was showcasing two new high performance USB flash drives at CES 2006 earlier this month in Las Vegas. These two drives are the integrated capacity meter equipped JumpDrive Mercury and the compact JumpDrive Fly.
The JumpDrive Mercury, which will be available in 1GB and 2GB storage sizes, sports an integrated capacity meter powered by technology from E Ink Corporation. This onboard meter shows users how much storage space is left on the USB flash drive without needing to connect the drive to a computer.
Joining the JumpDrive Mercury was the JumpDrive FireFly. This USB drive, available in 256MB, 512MB and 1GB storage capacities, comes in a
Lexar Jumps for Google
Lexar has announced that, beginning in January 2006, its portable JumpDrive USB flash drives will ship with Google applications pre-loaded, including Google Desktop, Google Toolbar, and photo organizer Picasa.
When customers plug in a Google-loaded JumpDrive, they’ll be promoted to install the free Google applications. If the user accepts the installation, the Google apps will automatically be installed and then removed from the USB drive.
Google’s applications are available for Windows only; presumably Mac and Linux users must manually format or otherwise remove the Google files from the JumpDrives to access the units’ full storage capacity. A few of Lexar’s JumpDrive offerings are also branded as Windows-only.
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