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USB Flash Drives
These are not "drives" at all - the misnomer was gained as they were intended to replace old portable drive technology. Offering massive storage and access fast enough for boot facilities, the USB Flash Drive is arguably the best current portable RAM for PCs
Sony Memory Stick
Sony have stuck with their memory stick despite other manufacturers giving up proprietary memory card formats. Sony may be softening to other brands recently, but after almost ten years the Sony Memory Stick lives on.
xD Picture Cards
Portable RAM provides the ability to store and transport any file, but the digital camera market has found the greatest use for memory cards to date. Fuji and Olympus knew exactly what they were aiming for when they got together to create the xD Picture card.
Kensington Security
As mobile devices have become more prevalent, so has mobile device theft. Mobile device manufacurers Kensington came up with a nifty solution that is now often referred to as the Universal Security Lock, the Kensington Secure Slot.
The Hard Floppy
With the look at feel of a 3.5" floppy disk, Toshiba released the Solid State Floppy Disk Card in 1995. With a little thought and rebranding they came up with the SmartMedia Card, but the format has long since been overtaken by other portable RAM formats.
MultiMediaCards
The late 90s saw the era of solid state RAM opening up, especially when SanDisk and Siemens collaborated to produce the leaner, faster MultiMediaCard.
Last Update: Mon Mar 3rd 2008