U3 Smart Drives

[dharmachili]

Has anyone else here heard of U3?

It is a really cool application that certain flash drives have that lets them hold programs and whenever you attach the flash drive to a computer via USB, you can use any of the programs that you have stored on the flash drive on the computer even if the computer has no idea what the program is. On my U3 flash drive, I downloaded Firefox so I can use that on any computer as long as my USB drive is connected. It is really cool. If you are searching for a flash drive just for anything, definately get one that has U3. It costs maybe two or three more dollars than a flash drive without it and it makes a huge difference.

The logo looks like this



Go here for more information
You can also go to the direct website www.u3.com

This is a screenshot of what the launchpad looks like

[Ryan]

wait a second...i have exactly what your talking about but: what would holding firefox on it do? you can access the internet?

[dharmachili]

You can hold any program that is compatible with U3 devices.

I just gave Firefox as an example. Firefox for U3 just lets you use Firefox on any computer that you want without installing it on that computer if you can just connect the U3 device to it.

There are tons of other programs that you can download to your U3, just go to portableapps.com. You can also go to the direct link if you access it from your U3 launchpad.

[Ryan]

sweeeeeet

[dharmachili]

uh-Huh.

Which kind do you have?

[Ryan]

just a 1 GB flash drive...U3 technology but i think its a SanDisk or something like that