Super-Talent Fireball 2GB Flash Drive

INTRODUCTION

The portability of information is becoming an extremely important topic in all aspects of today's modern computerized world This holds true especially with security details such as passwords, scripts, and etc. that take little or no space, but with the appropriate encryption are not easily remembered by those that need them. Remember the scenario recently where several government laptops were stolen and quite a few people's confidential information was at risk? I would submit that if these devices had been properly configured where a properly configured "flash drive" had to be inserted before they would function the risk would have been minimal to all concerned.

Granted the above captioned scenario is extreme to say the very least but the ideology isn't. Flash drives or "Jump Drives" as they are commonly referred to currently offer everything from this extreme to the ability to take a few small custom programs with you when you travel and must for whatever reason use someone else's computer. I personally never leave home without mine as my business life virtually depends on the portability of the information I often need to carry.

Super-Talent is a company that in the last 6 months is starting to spring up everywhere with some very good memory, MP3 Players and Jump Drives. Today we are going to look at their FireBall 2GB Jump Drive. It is going against the Corsair Flash Voyager which up to this review was the fastest USB Jump Drive I have seen and we have many laying around.

The real funny thing about this is Joe James of Corsair PR fame is actually the head PR guy at Super-Talent now and sent me the 2GB to go against the drive he sent me about a while back.

Super-Talent: The Company

Headquartered in San Jose, California, Super Talent designs and manufactures DDR and DDR2 memory modules and Flash based storage devices for computers and consumer electronics.

Counting 20 years of Memory Industry experience, Super Talent relies on technical research and its commitment to product development to deliver leading edge memory products to the market. Remaining at the fore-front of today's fast paced evolution in technology, Super Talent holds multiple patents on DRAM and Flash module design as well as on manufacturing processes. Actually, Super Talent is ranked among the top memory solutions manufacturers in terms of total patents applied under memory device categories.

Super Talent utilizes advanced technology and leading-edge components to produce high quality products with outstanding reliability. Our US based production facility stands as one of the largest and most advanced memory module factories in the USA. Sold under the brand name SuperTalent™, every memory product from the production line is subject to essential hardware and software testing standards for consistency and functionality. Our memory modules are rigorously qualified in Super Talent's compatibility labs, and are then tested and approved by many top motherboard manufacturers. Our intensive quality control and testing procedures are designed to ensure the highest possible product quality.