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Technology Lifestyle 32Gb USB Flash drive on sale, 64Gb soon too
Technology Lifestyle 32Gb USB Flash drive on sale, 64Gb soon too | 32Gb USB Flash drive on sale, 64Gb soon too |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Monday, 23 October 2006 | |
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Kanguru? Well, a quick visit to the company’s main website, in the about us section, and we soon discover the history behind the name.  Screenshot from Tiger Direct site How times have changed, and continue to change fast. Kanguru’s website lists this drive as being available in a 64Gb size, but only the price of the 32Gb and smaller models is available online. 64Gb drives were predicted to arrive soon, and while there is no price, at least they have been announced and are clearly on the way. Imagine your 5G iPod with 64Gb of flash memory inside... it would be even lighter and wouldn’t make a sound. Sadly you’ll probably have to imagine it costing something like $3000+, so while Steve Jobs might be able to commission one just because he can, we’ll all just have to wait a little bit longer. The price will be expensive enough that only a few people will really have the inclination to splash thousands of dollars on a drive that will start dropping in price in no time, especially as everyone else starts releasing their version. Interestingly, doubling the cost of the 32Gb model might not end up being enough money to pay for a 64Gb model. This is because it’s cheaper to buy two 16Gb Kanguru Flash Max drives at $629.99 each for a total of $1259.98 than it is to buy one $1499 32Gb flash drive. Some will prefer to have two physical units however – others will want just the one. |
Company Founder and President Donald Brown simply wanted a new name back in 1992 which conveyed the idea a mobile storage product ‘hopping’ from one location to another. He decided to play on the word ‘kangaroo’ and change the ending to ‘guru’ to demonstrate the company’s expertise. A stylised kangaroo image completed the logo, which looks like a stretched out and speedier version of the Qantas ‘flying kangaroo’.| < Next story in category | Previous story in the category > |
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