With all due respect to Larry, that is not necessarily so. Here in the US,
we call those portable storage devices, thumb drives because they look
superficially like a thumb. On the other hand, there are flash cards,
produced very cheaply, which are not rewritable. The material is burned
onto them but cannot be removed or changed. They are rare but some major
distributors like on line newspapers, use them because they can produce
thousands of them with relatively low cost. The average cost of a thumb
drive or thumb stick, runs anywhere from $5 USD to about $20 USD, depending
on the memory capacity.
Flash cards, on the other hand, can cost commercially as little as $1 USD or
less. With a massive copy device, as many as 100 flash cards can be burned
simultaneously. Once they are used, they can be thrown away with little
impact to the environment or, more importantly, to the projected cost
absorbed by the on line media producer.
I believe that these flash cards will become more and more prevalent as time
passes.
JOHN AND LINDA JUSTICE
WITH GUIDE DOGS JAKE AND ZACHARY
PERSONAL E-MAIL: john_just...@verizon.net
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From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com
[mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of LaMcAs
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 8:38 AM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] flash memory v thumb sticks
They are the same Yvonne - just different sizes.
Larry Flax GD (Guide Dog)
Elliot RTG (Retired Guide Dog)
London, UK
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[mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Yvonne Oliver
Sent: 17 July 2011 12:08
To: blind computing
Subject: [Blind-Computing] flash memory v thumb sticks
hello
there are 2 forms of recording media that work from the USB port
1 is flash memory those small flat things the other is thumb sticks these
are larger and most talking newspaper use these for their productions.
what is the difference between flash and thumb stick?
what does one do that the other one does not?
thank you
Yvonne
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