When you run out of room on your Apple iPad, your HTC One,
or other mobile device without an SD card slot, where do you turn? Do
you painstakingly delete one batch of vacation photos to make room to
show off the next? SanDisk believes it has an alternative. Today, it's
introducing the SanDisk Connect, a wireless flash drive that can hold
additional files and beam them to your device at will, no internet
connection required.
Mind you, that's not exactly a new idea. Companies like Seagate, Kingston, and AirStash
have been trying to hawk wireless drives for years. What sets SanDisk
apart is size: the SanDisk Connect crams a Wi-Fi radio, a microSD slot, a
four-hour battery, and all its circuitry into a device that's really no
bigger than a fancy USB thumbdrive. And, at $49.99 for the 16GB model
(or $59.99 for 32GB) it's comparatively cheap, too. If you'd rather,
SanDisk will also sell a puck-sized variant for $79.99 with twice the
battery life, twice the storage (32GB), and a full-size SD card slot to
help you share your DSLR photos. You can even transfer files from stick
to device, or vice versa, if you decide they belong in one place or the
other. It's pretty cool.
