EMTEC S100 Is a Very Small USB Flash Drive

The USB 3.0 interface may have become a major asset for any new external storage solutions, but EMTEC decided not to implement it in its newest device, focusing, instead, on compactness.

On the market for USB flash drives, there are products of many shapes, sizes and colors, not to mention performance parameters.

Depending on what feature combination each boasts, as well as the design, they are best suited for the needs of particular end-users segments.

EMTEC, this once, aimed for those consumers that like their technological products small and unassuming, though it did its best not to neglect the performance aspect.

That said, the company created the S100 drive, which is smaller than a 10 eurocent coin.

For those that want numbers, the exact size is 20.4 x 15.5 x 6.9 mm and, as opposed to how regular flash drives are built, has a microSD card on the inside.

Said memory card may or may not be swappable, but the fact remains that there are multiple capacity options, them being 4 GB, 8 GB and 16 GB.

They all utilize the USB 2.0 interface, whose maximum transfer rate is of 480 Mbps. Backwards compatibility with USB 1.1 ports is, of course, present.

As more accurate specifications, reading is done at up to 15 MB/s, while writing is achieved at 5 MB/s.

Basically, the S100 series of flash drives is one that owners can take anywhere, provided they make sure it is well tied to something via the included strap, like a key chain, so as to not be easily misplaced.

Sales of the product should already be underway in Europe, for 10.99 Euro (4 GB), 19.99 Euro (8GB black) and 37.99 Euro (16 GB, silver). All of EMTEC's drives are backed by a 5-year warranty and can be found detailed in full here.