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Kingston Technology DataTraveler 2.0
Reviewed by
Jasmine France
on 04/02/2004
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The good: Attractive design; relatively inexpensive per megabyte; can password-protect data.

The bad: Fairly large.

The bottom line: Kingston's DataTraveler is a larger-than-average flash drive that's easy to operate and a little less expensive than other drives.

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  • Reviewed by:
    Jasmine France
  • Reviewed on: 04/02/2004
Kingston's DataTraveler, one of the larger drives we looked at, measures 1 inch wide, 0.5 inches thick, and 3.87 inches long (with the cap on); without the cap, it's small enough that it won't block adjacent USB ports when you plug it into a PC. Encased in silver plastic, the DataTraveler feels decidedly insubstantial. The drive's cap has a belt clip and a removable keyring. Remove the cap, and you'll find the USB interface sticking out of an opaque-gray plastic base. An orange light buried within the drive flashes during file transfers.

The DataTraveler comes with driver software for Windows 98, a brief pamphlet detailing hardware and driver installation, a cloth neck strap, and a keyring. It also comes preloaded with Kingston's TravelerSafe 1.1, a user-friendly program that lets you password-protect up to 90 percent of the drive. However, it's important to note that whenever you format the drive using TravelerSafe, all the files on the drive are deleted, including the TravelerSafe's instruction file. (Always drag a copy to your desktop before reformatting.)

Kingston's DataTraveler is available in a range of capacities from 64MB to 256MB. The 256MB model we tested costs around $83, or about 32 cents per megabyte--a little less expensive than average.

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  • alaTest.com

    Summary: alaTest collected and analyzed 2458 reviews of Kingston 128MB USB from international magazines and websites and compared these to 16446 reviews for other USB Memory. Experts rate this product 83/100 and users 85/100. The amount of rated reviews for this product is too low to calculate a reliable alaScore™.

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  • maximumpc.com

    Summary: For folks not in the know, the U3 interface behaves like a Windows Start menu in your system tray. You click it to access software, look at the drive's contents, or adjust settings. Everything runs from the key, so you can plug it into any PC and have ...

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    Editors' rating: 85

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    Editors' rating: 80

    Summary: The Kingston DataTraveler Mini Fun sells for Rs. 1,050 with a five-year warranty. The price of the product is in sync with the rate of 1 GB thumb drives available in the market. The only thing that scares me is that the drive can be easily misplaced ...

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