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This is true MOBILITY!
I am reviewing a couple flash drives that use the U3 platform and I have to say, I am thoroughly impressed! I have one right here that I have loaded up with Firefox, Thunderbird, Trillian, Skype, and a few other made for U3 applications. Now I can go to any PC with a USB port and I have all my programs and data right on one stick. I can pop the drive in and the drive comes alive with a pop menu to launch my programs or I can just use it like a regular flashdrive. When I am done, I hit eject and I can grab it and move on without leaving a single trace behind!

The only real dilemma I am faced with when using this new found technology is Outlook. I rely on Outlook heavily for my PIM function and syncing my mobile devices. In theory, I can switch to the Free Firebird for U3 and load it up with my email, contacts, newsgroups, and even my RSS feed subscriptions and have it all everywhere I go. The problem is that the drive is 1gb and my email archives bring the 1gb down to 500k alone and Active Sync will not sync with Thunderbird. This was almost a perfect marriage for me, but I can’t give up my mobile device syncing of contact and to do lists. Either way, this is still an emerging technology that I believe will be huge once people realize the power.

Stay tuned over the next couple weeks as I test drive a few of these devices. The 1st one I am testing now is the 1gb Verbatim Store ‘n’ Go U3 Smart Drive. So far, I have hit Chris Pirillo up on Yahoo Instant Messenger and Jason Dunn on MSN using the free U3 Trillian software, I have tested and configured Firefox, Set up Thunderbird and tested RSS and Newsgroups, and played Party Poker for U3.

Learn more about the U3 platform at U3.com

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