Positive:

• 12GB of high capacity storage
• USB 2.0 connectivity for universal compatibility (backward compatible to USB 1.1)
• Plug and play operation and does not need external power supply
• Attractive design and small footprint to increases portability
• Compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems (Mobile Launchpad only available in Windows)
• Supports data security
• Auto synchronize between computer and the device
• Very good retail package with carrying case to protect the device
• Blue and orange led indicators for read and write

Negative:

• No keychain support
• Relatively slow read and write speed

Conclusion:

 Let us summarize the most important positive and negative points below:

Verbatim Store 'n' Go 12GB USB HD Drive is very well designed for cross platform compatibility and ease of use.  The device comes with Mobile Launchpad which is a utility for hosting applications that can be run directly from the Verbatim USB Drive. The new Verbatim 12GB USB HD drive also supports data security features which you can set a password to protect the drive from unauthorized users. The drive’s design is simple but attractive with small footprint to increase portability and comes with a flip-out USB connector and USB extension cable.

Unfortunately, benchmark tests show that the drive performance is not fast as expected from a USB2.0 capable device, with an average read speed of 10MB/s. The reason behind this is due to the fact that the device uses the sixth generation Cornice’s Dragon-2 12GB mini hard drive, thus performance will not be as spectacular as some flash drives. However, speed may not be the only factor for some when choosing a portable storage. Design, security support and features as well as price per gigabytes could be factored in.

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