SanDisk Cruzer Contour: High Capacity USB Stick with some nifty Features
By James • Mar 20th, 2009 • Category: USBSanDisk Cruzer Contour is a USB flash drive with some nifty features. The Sandisk Cruzer in its dormant state is a stylish silver and black finished rectangle with a sleek curved edge where the top surface can be slid with your thumb in both the forward and the backward positions. The USB connector appears magically when it’s reversed its USB connector is retracted back in the body of the drive.
The Sandisk Cruzer is a clever idea which keeps the connector protected when the drive is the bag or your pocket. The Sandisk Cruzer is a U3 smart drive, which means the drive comes with some added security of an optional password protection and it’s also preloaded with various pieces of U3 software. There is a password storage facility, a MacAfee virus scanner, Skype backup program and couple of games like Sudoku and Mahjong.
The Sandisk Cruzer also features ready boost technology and comes in 16GB, 8GB or 4GB models. If the user has Windows Vista, the SanDisk Cruzer allows them to use the flash drive as the extendable to the system memory. It can be pretty handy when it’s time for an upgrade of course it’s not a permanent solution. Finally, when some tests were run on the flash drive the results were impressive. The Sandisk Cruzer Contour 16GB manages a very dependable average write speed of 14Mb/s and an average read speed of 26Mb/s. The verdict for scandisk cruzer contour is that it performs well with an exceptional design
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