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Comments on USB Memory 'Swiss'
Karen Traviss thinks about the USB Memory Swiss Army knife a year in advance of the press release. (Read
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| "Magnifyng glass, pen, " ( 1/2/2006 10:19:00 AM) |
| "Tragically, despite my generous product placement activity, I'm still awaiting the freebie...
I still use a thumb drive. Now, if they could put the blades and other stuff into my video cell phone, that'd be something." (Karen Traviss 1/8/2006 6:41:21 AM) |
| "Hmmm... I'm not so sure about holding a swiss army phone with blades that close to my face... Wait a minute - I could shave with my phone!" (Bill Christensen 1/8/2006 10:11:59 AM) |
| "How about Xenon flaslight (ala Surefire Executive Knife), a GPS receiver and beacon (who knows when you'll need it?), RFID tag (for opening my home door) and a 3.5mm jack to plug in my earphones. I'll take 2 of those, please!" (Frederick Chong, Digital Locksmith, The Gadget Hom 1/16/2006 5:39:11 AM) |
| "2-way emergency radio, mp3 player, garage door opener, camera, lighter, Virtual Laser Keyboard (for all the gadgets. http://www.virtual-laser-keyboard.com/) Just getting smaller all the time :-)" (James Rogers 1/17/2006 7:02:24 AM) |
| "If they could get the usb memory to double as a usb 802.11 adapter, that's take care of the "netlink."" (Yakir Zayv 1/17/2006 5:57:26 PM) |
| "Laser pointer, flashlight" (Doran Draco 1/20/2006 3:39:19 PM) |
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