I recently purchased a 2G U3 or Smart Drive to test it out. Silly me thinking I could load my Outlook, Word and Excel for free. However, just because my expectations were outrageous, does not mean it isn't a cool thing for some of you.
A Smart Drive or U3 drive is a USB flash drive that has it's own small Operating System. You plug it into a Windows box and viola'; instant applications, etc. The advantage is I can carry not only the files but the applications around in my pocket instead of my desktop or notebook.
There are enough free applications to make this attractive: FireFox for surfing the Internet, Thunderbird for email and some other assorted apps.
So here's where this might get pretty cool. Email & web browsing; OK. I want to do a PowerPoint presentation, I usually need to know the box I'm showing it on has the same version, fonts, etc. If I could have the PP Viewer loaded on the U3 drive along with my presentation, I could be assured any box would work.
Well it ain't there yet but you can figure it will get there soon.
