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Old Dec 22, 2011, 08:28 PM   #1
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Introducing World's Smallest USB Stick

Today Dutch company Deonet known for their strange USB storage designs has yet again introduced something different. Deonet claims to have made the worlds smallest production USB stick. Coming in at a meager 31.5 x 14.8 x 7.3 mm, Deonets touts seem to be true.

The stick is set to hit the market in 4, 8 or 16 GB flavors at the PSI Düsseldorf this coming January. According to Gizmag, "It's based around something called the Micro UDP chip (where UDP stands for the USB Disk In Package assembly process, which sees the controller, flash IC, substrate and passive components molded into a very small, single package), which is less than half the physical size of other USB memory solutions."

Since this USB stick is so small its said to fit flush and is almost invisible on a dark surface. No pricing has been set by Deonet yet.


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Old Dec 22, 2011, 08:30 PM   #2
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The irony of it is that you'd have to attach it to something much larger, in order not to lose it!
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Old Dec 22, 2011, 08:37 PM   #3
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The irony of it is that you'd have to attach it to something much larger, in order not to lose it!
Sometimes to small is well......to small.
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Sometimes to small is well......to small.
That's what she said.
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I really don't see any purpose in having USB sticks so small.
Can't even really call it a stick.
More like a stub.

I'd rather prefer a USB stick which is at least a couple of inches and has fast data transfer.
The smallest USB stick I have is a limited edition SanDisk Cruzer Blade.
Sure it's small but it's data transfer speed is absolute rubbish.
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Old Dec 22, 2011, 08:57 PM   #6
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I really don't see any purpose in having USB sticks so small.
Can't even really call it a stick.
More like a stub.

I'd rather prefer a USB stick which is at least a couple of inches and has fast data transfer.
The smallest USB stick I have is a limited edition SanDisk Cruzer Blade.
Sure it's small but it's data transfer speed is absolute rubbish.
I can see placement for this in cell phones and such I guess. Dunno to be honest.
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Anyone else glance at the name of this post and read "Worlds Smallest Dick?"
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Anyone else glance at the name of this post and read "Worlds Smallest Dick?"
You see what you want to see I suppose.
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The topic. Lets stay on it.
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I would rather have worlds fastest USB FD.
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Anyone else glance at the name of this post and read "Worlds Smallest Dick?"
w t f !!
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good for me to attach to the USB port on my cars CD player.
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USB "sticks" have become such a huge gimmick. Some of them are cute, some are stupid, and some are outrageously overpriced. To small is to small, if I back up some data the last thing I want to do is loose the drive I put it on!




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I want this. I like to keep a flash drive in my wallet, so the smaller the better. Currently I just use a MicroSD card reader that's basically just the size of a standard USB plug.
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I want this. I like to keep a flash drive in my wallet, so the smaller the better. Currently I just use a MicroSD card reader that's basically just the size of a standard USB plug.
I'd still be worried of sticking that stick in my wallet.
I can't remember the brand, but at work we have these USB 'sticks' which are literally an inch of rectangular plastic, I think they may have been made by verbatim.
Those would be more appropriate than these things.
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I'd still be worried of sticking that stick in my wallet.
I can't remember the brand, but at work we have these USB 'sticks' which are literally an inch of rectangular plastic, I think they may have been made by verbatim.
Those would be more appropriate than these things.
Nah, I like it as small as possible, with just that little ring on a string. There's a nice spot in my wallet that's perfect for tucking it into and just leaving that ring hanging out.
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Nice. With these tiny things you could totally hide them all over the planet and troll pervs into GeoPorning.
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up to 16GB in such a tiny stick? That's amazing to see, but not sure if its amazing to own... unless they make a neckless. but it has to be ellegant
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No pricing has been set by Deonet yet.
That can only mean they are going to be pricey as hell.
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That can only mean they are going to be pricey as hell.
Honestly I dont think so. None of there stuff is top shelf AFIK.
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Laptops where you want it flush with the computer so it doesn't get hit/broken.
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