Who said USB flash drives have to be boring looking eh? Pretec sure doesn’t think so – they’ve announced a new flash drive called the i-Disk Charm which as the name implies, is shaped like a lucky charm symbol and fashion accessory.

The Pretec i-Disk Charm is actually based on a Japanese symbol of blessing and good fortune called “(OMAMORI)”. It’s used for various purposes such as love, study, health, career, safety and peace of mind. What I find particularly interesting is the notion that a Taiwanese company is making a Japanese fortune symbol product.

The i-Disk Charm has a volume of 0.63 cm3 which is 40 percent smaller than a typical US quarter coin or about 1/10th the size of a typical USB flash drive. The drive has a storage capacity of up to 1GB if size which will be available starting next month. 128MB and 256 MB versions are available now.

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Pretec i-Disk Charm

24-Nov-06

Store In Style – to bring you fortune and good luck

Taipei, Taiwan (TechMessenger) — Pretec, the inventor of i-Disk Tiny and i-Disk Diamond, has expanded the portfolio of the smallest USB flash Drive in the world by introducing the new i- Disk Charm, a lucky charm symbol and fashion accessory based on patented i- Disk Diamond.

“(OMAMORI)” is a popular Japanese symbol of blessing good fortune for various purposes such as love, study, health, career, safety, and peace of mind, similar western symbol for good luck or the guardian of fortune is lucky charm. i- Disk Charm combines the convenience of the smallest USB Flash Drive in the world with the good luck blessings and wishes of Japanese stylish design, is believed to bring you good luck and convenient digital life as Charm/“(OMAMORI)” is useful to develop strong faith in goodwill. i-Disk Charm is intended to be a wonderful gadget in the premium and gift market especially to be used as an mobile phone accessory, it will let you emit a sense of “Store In Style”, and also bring you blessings and good luck wherever you go.

Inside the good fortune symbol, Pretec i-Disk Diamond is designed with a volume of merely 0.63 cm3, 40% smaller than a US quarter coin or about 1/10 of the size of a typical USB flash drive. Capable of storing up to 1GB, enough for the entire pictures of your life for most people (about 10,000 digital photos), i-Disk Charm is an excellent companion to usher a new trend of handy mobile storage solution with style and additional benefit of lucky charm. 128MB and 256MB i-Disk Charm are available now, with 1GB scheduled delivery by next month.

About Pretec
Pretec™ (http://www.pretec.com) offers a complete spectrum of small form factor memory cards and card readers such as CF, SD MMC, and USB Flash Drive for digital imaging, mobile communication, and industrial flash markets. As the 2nd company who was capable to offer CF card since 1995 in the world, Pretec has consistently demonstrated the pioneer engineering in highest capacity cards first available in the world: such as CF card 80MB, 128MB, 160MB, 320MB, 640MB, 1.5GB, 3GB, 6GB and 12GB CF card; the first 1GB and 4GB MMC card; the earliest to reveal the largest size 8GB USB Flash Drive; and now the highest capacity of SD card in 4GB and 8GB. With more than 100 patents granted or filed, Pretec has also been offering the highest speed cards in the world such as CF 80X (2004), MMC 4.0 150X (2004), USB 166X/266X (2005), SD 133X (2005), MMCplus™ 266X (2005), i-Disk Tiny (“Best Gear of 2003” by TIME Magazine), and smallest size USB Flash drive in the world such as i-Disk Diamond (also known as Cu-Flash) (2005).
*For more information, please visit www.pretec.com
*Note: i-Disk, i-Disk Tiny, or i-Disk Diamond are trademarks of Pretec Electronics Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned herein are recognized as the property of their respective holders.

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