LaCie announced their Carte Orange, a credit card-sized USB Key. As its name, the color is orange and bright. Carte Orange offers 4GB or 8GB storage capacity. That’s more than enough to back up your document files, music, videos, or photos. With its sturdy metal design and plastic bumper, this credit card-sized USB key is amazingly light and thin. The height is only 6mm and weighs less than 60g. It would easily fit in your pocket or wallet.

LaCie’s Carte Orange is powered by an integrated USB connector, which can be plugged into any USB-equipped computer. An optional USB extension cable also available for your convenient. It supports the USB 2.0 interface which give 480Mbits/s transfer rate. Furthermore, the USB key is plug-and-play for newer operating systems, so you can quickly use it in any computers, without having to install the driver first. It is compatible with Mac OS 9.x/10.x and Windows 98SE through XP.

“Mobility, reliability, ease of use, capacity and price are the five main keys to consider when buying storage. We meet them all with the Carte Orange,” says Olivier Mirloup, LaCie Senior Product Manager. “With 4GB at $99 and 8GB at $149, LaCie Carte Orange is certainly the ideal USB key for a variety of uses.”

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