Sony 4GB Micro Vault,Tiny | 
 enlarge | Brand: Sony
Category: CE
Buy New: £11.61
New (13) from £11.61
Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 3732
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 2.5 x 2 x 0.4
MPN: USM4GH
Model: USM4GH
UPC: 027242713048
EAN: 0027242713048
ASIN: B000JKWXYW
Release Date: August 5, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Sonyas smallest USB flash drive plugs directly into USB 2.0 and 1.1 ports. 4GB capacity. Pre-loaded with virtual expander to virtually store 3 times as much data. Compatible with Windows 98, 2000, ME, XP and MAC OS 9 and higher. |
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Product Description
The compact and stylish Micro Vault Tiny USB 2.0 key from Sony is a safe and reliable way of sharing, transferring and carrying digital and multimedia data around with you! Very easy to use, it?s compatible with both Windows and Mac.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Best buy ever!!!!!!!!! November 13, 2008
M. Dodimead (London)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
So, so, happy. I got this product thinking the speed was going to be a tad on the small side but I was completely wrong. Transfered 1.2 gig in about 4 minutes. I don't understand why everybody has said its so slow, the only reason I can think of is that you all run rubbish PC's???? My MAC loves this product and so do I!!!!
Fantastic little drive June 19, 2008
David Cowling (Coventry, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Does everything i need it to do.
Runs portable apps no problem!
Comes in a highly feminine carry case, but seems up to the job of protecting it. Case can be clipped onto belt or attached to car keys, etc. Build quality is good and mine has taken a couple of beatings and still operates fine.
If youre lucky enough to be able to afford multiple pen drives for music, video, documents, etc. It comes with stickers to identify each drive.
Is noticeably slower than previous pen drives but not enough to be irritating.
Good Job Sony!
 fundamental design flaw with MacBook 13" March 20, 2008
VS (UK)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The drive is absolutely fine, well-priced, compact and very speedy if you bypass the proprietary Sony compression software, yet the real design drawback is in the fact that the USB contacts are positioned really low & flat between the plastic dividers. If the contacts of your USB port stick out well enough, you are in a luck, otherwise you will have to use an extra USB adapter/hub to just get it working. Sony mention it in their manual, saying "If it does not work, use an external USB hub." MacBook 13" owners beware: it will not work as it is!
Unreliable... January 30, 2008
Mr. D. M. Keen (UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's pretty good in many ways, like it's small enough to fit in your wallet, and it's plug 'n' play for example. But after owning it for about a month I've already lost all the memory and needed to do a reformat. So as a back up medium for your important files incase your harddrive fails, I wouldn't recommend it.
 Compact, but slow October 23, 2007
Mr. R. J. Meerman (Cambridge, UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
My speed tests show, for a 100MB file:
Sustained write speed: 1.1MB/s
Sustained read speed: 5.9MB/s
Build quality is good, it feels solid and unlikely to bend or crack while in a wallet. It also has a nice LED that blinks during activity (I use it to see when Windows has finished writing to the device). The LED is absolutely tiny and not particularly bright; which is a good thing. Anyone who has used a devidce that has a blinking Superbright LED, especially a blue one, will know they are very distracting, this one is certainly not.
It also came with a little a set of stickers:
* 5 pastel colours squares, presumably for writing on
* 5 patterned squares
* 4 circular icons: Musical note, Orange sun-icon, a yellow star on a blue background an a pink heart icon on a red background
* 5 pastel colours squares with icons of: A PC, a camera, a document (pen over paper), a musical note and a folder
And it came with a carrying case / keychain clip (made entirely from soft stretchy plastic, of the same colour as my card (purple) as well as a clip which I allows you to attach the carrying case to things (such as a paper document or your shirt / belt).
The compression software appears to work hassle free (no installation I noticed), but it's not something I care about or use so I can't comment further.
All in all, I'm very pleased with it.
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