SanDisk Unveils Colorful, Wearable ''Skins'' for Cruzer Micro and Higher Capacities for All Cruzer USB Flash Drives.LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- Venerable SanDisk Cruzer Mini Now Reaches 4 Gigabytes, SanDisk Cruzer Micro  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . Hits 2GB and Award-Winning SanDisk Cruzer Titanium Goes Up to 1GB They are tiny repositories of photos, files and music, but now the popular SanDisk(R) Cruzer(R) Micro USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. flash memory drives See solid state disk and flash card reader. are about to become personal fashion statements as well. Starting with spring shipments, the portable drives will be packaged with interchangeable colored skins and caps, providing panache, flair and a sense of energy for people on the go. SanDisk Corporation (Nasdaq:SNDK) made the announcement at a press conference during the annual Consumer Electronics Show where the company is demonstrating products in the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. , South Hall, Booth #31438. Also announced were new, higher capacities for SanDisk's entire line of flash drives. The popular SanDisk Cruzer Mini will now be available in 2 and 4 gigabyte (GB) models and the SanDisk Cruzer Micro will have 1GB and 2GB models. Also, the award-winning Cruzer Titanium, which has a titanium-coated shell and is designed to withstand harsh working environments and operating conditions, will be offered in a 1GB capacity. "Consumers are demanding higher capacities for a diversity of storage uses that include high-resolution digital photos, digital music tracks, video clips A short video presentation. , graphical presentations and other data that require large amounts of memory," said Eric Bone, director of product marketing at SanDisk. "These new capacities will meet those needs." The rubberized "skins," aimed at more fashion-conscious buyers, will be released initially in clear and two colors, and will be sold with SanDisk Cruzer Micros in capacities of 256 megabytes, 512MB, and the new 1GB and 2GB models. The two-piece covers can be slipped on and off easily and do not interfere with the USB drive A flash memory card that plugs into the computer's USB port. Small enough to hook onto a keychain, it emulates a small disk drive and allows data to be easily transferred from one machine to another. connections to personal computers or its functions. They will also work with the SanDisk Cruzer MP3 Companion, an optional digital music player Hardware or software that plays audio files encoded in MP3, AAC, WMA or other audio formats. There are several software-based music players that play audio files in a desktop or laptop computer, including iTunes, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player. that has a docking port for the Micro. "These skins bring a new level of vibrancy and fun to our USB line," said Mike Morganstern, retail product marketing manager for SanDisk's USB flash drives See USB drive. . "With the enclosed lanyard, users will be able to wear them around their necks and color-coordinate them with their clothing. Or, they can attach them to their keys with the enclosed key-chain ring. Skins give people a means of personalizing their drives." Apart from their new "outfits," the Cruzer Micros come preloaded with valuable portable software programs. These include CruzerLock(TM) 2, a data file encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. program; CruzerSync(TM), which synchronizes with Outlook data; and Cruzer PocketCache(TM), which allows for file backups with minimal memory consumption. The last two are offered as trial versions on Cruzer Micros and Cruzer Minis, and full versions on Cruzer Titanium. The new Cruzer Micros with skins, which will be available starting in February, will also have new packaging. Suggested retail prices range from $29.99 for the 128MB unit to $99.99 for the 1GB unit. For the other flash drives, suggested retail prices of the new capacities are as follows: 2GB SanDisk Cruzer Mini, $199.99; 4GB SanDisk Cruzer Mini, $399.99; and 1GB SanDisk Cruzer Titanium, $169.99. Capacities offered for the SanDisk Cruzer Mini also include 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, and 1GB, and for the SanDisk Cruzer Titanium, 512MB. SanDisk is the original inventor of flash storage cards and is the world's largest supplier of flash data storage card products, using its patented, high-density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA and has operations worldwide, with more than half its sales outside the U.S. SanDisk's product and executive images can be downloaded from http://www.sandisk.com/about/media.asp#photos. SanDisk's web site/home page address: http://www.sandisk.com SanDisk, the SanDisk logo and Cruzer are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. CruzerLock and CruzerSync are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation. PocketCache is a trademark of Kadena Systems. 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