Sony Micro Vault USB Storage Media Device

Sony's new Micro Vault is a USB-based storage media device that lets users transport and share files between computers without cables or adaptors. About the length of a car key and the thickness of a highlighter pen, the Micro Vault storage media plugs into any USB-enabled computer. Available in four models with storage capacities up to 128MB, this new Sony media device stores any type of data, including digital still images, presentation materials, and digital audio and video files.

Through the device's "plug-and-play" capability, users can now take large files such as PowerPoint presentations that include high-resolution graphics, video clips and other multi-media elements, and transfer them to another computer.

The Micro Vault USB media device does not require software drivers when used with Windows 2000, ME, XP and Mac O.S. 9.0 and higher. The device comes with Sony's new Security Zone software, which allows users to create a "security zone" on the device. Data within this zone is password-protected, ensuring the privacy of the files when the Micro Vault device is shared with others or if it is ever misplaced.

The Micro Vault product line is color-coded according to storage capacity, including a 16MB (orange), 32MB (red), 64MB (blue) and 128MB (black) models for $49.99, $89.99, $149.99 and $299.99, respectively. www.sonystyle.com