While some companies invest a lot in R&D activities and develop larger and speedier flash drives, others consider the external design to be much more important for the purchase process. And that's exactly the case with one of the latest portable storage solutions from Apacer, the Handy Steno AH161 plus Jigsaw Puzzle USB Drive, which is, in fact, one of the most attractive items we've seen released by this company in quite a long time.

As mentioned above, the design is, without a doubt, the main selling point this portable storage solution has to offer. So, the low-profile and kind of luxurious AH161 plus flash drive sports a special shape derived from jigsaw puzzles, featuring a cap that can be freely attached to the body, thus securing it. Moreover, the jigsaw-shaped magnetic buckle is both fashionable and practical, since it allows users to hang the USB drive to bags, cell phones, or cameras as a decorative ornament.

Another detail worth pointing out about this drive is its very small size, the Handy Steno AH161 plus measuring just around 39.9 x 16.8 x 6.8 mm, at an overall weight of 5 grams, which makes it as portable as possible.

Now that we've seen what this thing is all about on the outside, let's take a look at the storage-related features it offers. So, the drive is available in 4GB and 8GB versions, which makes it pretty mainstream, according to today's standards.

Additionally, the drive provides ACE compression software for free, enabling file compression, decompression, and password protection functions. With this feature, the user can automatically copy and compress files that are up to 500% of its storage capacity to the drive with secured safety and privacy protection. As expected, the drive also works with pretty much every operating system out there, including Windows ME/XP/ 2000/Vista, Mac OS 8.6 and Linux 2.4.0 or above.

Pricing for the Handy Steno AH161 plus Jigsaw Puzzle USB Drive is extremely attractive, the 8GB version, for example, selling for just around 22 US dollars.


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