128GB Sony Micro Vault Selling in China?

[Shrygue]

via Gizmodo (http://gizmodo.com/338046/128gb-sony-micro-vault-selling-in-china)


http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/12/Sony_64GB_Memory_Vault.jpg

A tipster just sent us compelling evidence of giant 64GB and ridiculously huge 128GB Sony-branded USB drives circulating in China. When he first spotted them at a market in Zu Hai, near Macau, he thought it was a misprint, but then he discovered that his own father had a 64GB card. Lest you think he was still foolin' himself, you can see that when he stuck the drive into a PC and checked, the thing sure enough registered around 64GB of space:

http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/12/Sony_64GB_Memory_Vault_Info.jpg

Here in the US of A, Sony only markets a measly 8GB in its highest-capacity Micro Vault. In spite of what's been reported, Kanguru appears to be stuck at the 32GB mark, and the Buslink we reported on a year ago still looks like it retails for around $5,500. We're still skeptical, and have asked for some follow-up, but in the meantime, if it really is 64GB of flash memory, well, that's some rich daddy you got there. Only kidding—thanks, Jamie!

[amadeus]

They're fakes (http://sadjadbp.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!21F12BB61B822DFA!183.entry) i'am afraid.

It gives a false account of the storage capacity, after it uses it's limited space it keeps on "transfering" but just goes into thin air.

If these were real they would be flooding ebay and the like.

They get sold to foreigners who dont notice the problem until they're back home and just think the drives died on them.

[JKKDARK]

Yeah that's a lot, it sounds strange. Plus Sony wouldn't make it on China before the big countries like US, Japan and Europe.