why dont they...

[billygoat333]

...make eSATA or Firewire thumb drives? or do they? seems like a good idea seeing as how the size of Flash memory drives has increased a whole lot lately, and USB is not the fastest for sure.

[OvRiDe]

Well at least one company does.

http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...ta_flash_drive

[Zephik]

Kanguru makes Firewire Flash Drives. They even make Flash Drives with both USB and eSATA heads, one on each end of the stick.

[billygoat333]

good to know that someone is taking advantage of these faster connections +rep

EDIT: I apparently need to spread some more rep lovin around first zephik, sorry

[x88x]

Yup. Kangaroo, OCZ, and RiData all make dual eSATA/USB drives. The only problem is that since the eSATA bus doesn't carry power, they have to be plugged into both simultaneously (only power lines are connected on USB, not the data line).

[Luke122]

Firewire doesnt carry power either IIRC. You'd either need an external power brick/cord for them, or a USB line also, just for power. (if 5v was enough..)

[Collinstheclown]

It does put out power, but I forget what exactly. I pretty sure it's alot more then USB. At least the larger "6-pin" version does.




-CollinstheClown

[crenn]

There are powered eSATA ports (eSATA and USB combo ports) that can provide power to the eSATA thumb drives that support it.

[FuzzyPlushroom]

Six-pin FireWire can put out more power than USB (Wikipedia says up to 60w in theory, 10 to 20 in practice, versus 2.5w from USB). Four-pin (Sony ILink, etc., as used on many laptops) can't supply power and requires a separate power source.

[x88x]

Interesting. I've never actually seen a firewire device that depended on the bus for power.