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What is a Flash Pen Drive?

A Flash Drive is portable USB hard drive hidden inside of a working ball point pen.

Similar to a USB flash drive, USB Pen Drives are used to store and transport data safely and easily between computers. They require no cables, power supplies or batteries.

USB Pen Drives are the easiest way to store and transport data today. They come in size capacities from 64MB up to 8GB; making them the ultimate storage solution that is hidden inside a pen. Anyone that uses a computer will find a use for a USB Pen Drive.


   

What are the advantages of USB Flash Drives?

  • USB drives work across all platforms - Microsoft, Apple, Linux.
  • USB drives are portable and a great solution for today's wired-world.
  • USB drives can be used with the new ReadyBoost technology to speed up computers.
    • Flash Drives vs Floppies:
      Flash drives can hold enourmous amounts of data. One 64MB flash drive can hold the same amount of data as 44 standard floppy disks. Also USB drives are much faster than the old floppy technology.
    • Flash Drives vs Optical Storage (CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW):
      USB flash drives are more robust and portable than optical storage devices. USB devices are more compact and not susceptible to surface scratches as a CD could be which can damage the stored content. USB flash drives can re-save and re-upload data many times, unlike some of the "-R" varieties of optical storage that can only be written to once.
    • Flash Drives vs External Hard Drives
      Hard drives are best suited for back-up and storage of large amounts of data, up to several hundred GBs. USB flash drives have smaller capacities but because they have no moving parts, tend to be more durable than HDD-based solutions.
   

Why are Flash Drives an ideal promotional product?

USB Flash Drives are one of the most demanded and popular technology gift items in the market. They are easy to use, convenient and a proven-technology. USB Flash Drives can also serve as key chains, wristbands, lanyards and pens!

Most drives allow two sides for imprint - allowing users to have a logo on one side and Web address or contact information on the other.

Drives can also be used to distribute many forms of data with our pre-load option; drives can be pre-loaded with marketing media kits, images, spec sheets, catalogs, Web site pages, videos , presentations or music, making the USB Flash Drive the perfect delivery format for large amounts of data.




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