Kingston DT101Y/4GB Flash Memory 4GB DataTraveler 101 (Yellow)

Other products by Kingston

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 0.4 x 2.6 inches ; 0.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001C9P5T4
• Item model number: DT101Y/4GB
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank

  Popular in this category: (What's this?)

  #62 in

  Electronics > Computers & Accessories > Memory Cards & External Storage > USB Flash Drives

• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2008

Product Description

Product Description
Kingston¿s family of convenient, compact and reliable DataTraveler USB Flash drives just got bigger with the addition of the DataTraveler 101. With capacities up to 8GB, DataTraveler 101 contains room for high-definition photos, graphics-intensive documents, videos, spreadsheets, presentations, term papers, and music that can be stored and retrieved in a flash. Sleek, practical, and attractively designed, the affordable DataTraveler 101 serves the needs of the budgetconscious user as well as those looking for significant storage capacity and data protection in a lightweight, compact design. It features a capless, swivel design for added functionality and ease of use and is available in cyan, pink and yellow. DataTraveler 101 is backed by legendary Kingston reliability plus a five-year warranty and 24/7 tech support.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Kingston 4gb flash drive, January 6, 2009

By	RoseMarie Putnam "RoseMarie" (Goodyear, AZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Would be 5 stars with a clip, key chain or something to hang onto. So small, I'm afraid I'm going to lose it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flash Drive, May 28, 2009

By	Rene (North Central Washington State) - See all my reviews

This a good product and works with my old computer as well as my new one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive performance!, March 9, 2009

By	Doug Alas (Bloomingdale, IL) - See all my reviews

This flash drive is a great value, good price and plenty of space. It's fancy looking and feels well constructed. It includes the "SecureTraveler" program which allows you to define an amount of memory to be destined for private use (which can only be accesed by using a password). You might like to know that this is not a one time deal as you can change the amount of memory destined for that purpose whenever you want. As far as compatibility, I took a big chance because nowhere in the description did it say it worked with Windows ME, however it does!!! Performance is not as fast as with other operating systems but it is good enough considering how old that OS is.
The only problems I could find with this flash drive are: a) it does not include a lanyard, b) it's easy to leave fingerprints on the metal part, c) the swiveling metal part does not provide 100% protection to the connecting part (specially from dust). None of these are really a big deal and shouldn't stop you from buying one.

Other Thoughts:
Overall length: when the metal part swivels open to reveal the actual connector it adds about 2 cms in length (goes from 5.5 cms to 7.5 cms), keep that in mind if working in tight spaces, otherwise not really a big deal.
Speed: Here's an example from my experience: from Dell Dimension 4100 running Windows ME to Dell Inspiron 9100 running Windows XP SP2: Two 5MB mp3 files: from the 4100 to the flash drive about 30 seconds (keep in mind the 4100 is running under Windows ME), then from the flash drive to the 9100 (running Windows XP): instantly. Two 700MB video files: from the 4100 to the flash drive about 20 minutes (about the same it takes to burn to DVD on that computer); from the flash drive to the 9100 about 1 minute. Running the video files from the flash drive yielded the same performance as if it were being done from the hard drive (awesome!). Deleting all four files: a few seconds on the 4100, instantly on the 9100. Overall: impressive performance!

I haven't owned it long enough to comment on durability, however, so far I am VERY happy with it and thus if I had to buy another flash drive right now I would absolutely buy another one of these.
Thank you.