Adata Releases USB OTG Flash Drive with Micro USB

[Guest]

Adata has just announced its first USB On-The-Go flash drives.

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[Guest]

Wow, too bad to the little end has to use an adapter to be used with an Android device. I would have prefered the memory stick portion to be mini usb and have an adapter to increase the size to regular usb. A little tiny usb drive that would fit nicely on a my Nexus 7 Gen II could be handy for file transfers and keeping track of work files.

 

[s3anister]

shuffman37, the whole point of this is that the device is dual access. The flash drive connects to your device (cell phone or tablet) and functions as a normal storage medium for it and the normal USB end plugs into your Laptop or Desktop PC and transfers files wirelessly.

The tech is USB OTG. More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_On-The-Go

 

[Guest]

shuffman37, the whole point of this is that the device is dual access. The flash drive connects to your device (cell phone or tablet) and functions as a normal storage medium for it and the normal USB end plugs into your Laptop or Desktop PC and transfers files wirelessly.

The tech is USB OTG. More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_On-The-Go

I understand the point of dual access, but having an adapter then the drive sticking out of a tablet doesn't make it very handy to use. I'd rather see a native mini-b usb drive that uses adapter to plug into a standard device. That way I only have one thing plugged into the tablet, that would smaller and more reliable when moving around. 1 point of failure vs 2, etc.

Think about having a 1" long thing where your hand goes, vs a little 0.25" long drive that is one piece. Be a lot more user friendly being just the end piece that looks like a usb receiver.

 

[agnickolov]

From the picture it looks like you'll need an A-to-A male USB cable to plug this thing into a PC...

 

[icemunk]

Sweet, I like this idea. I hope it becomes standard on thumb drives