Expander software on USB Sony drive compress’ on the fly

The new USB Micro Vault storage devices are now here from Sony. New Midi and Excellence models incorporate retractable USB connectors, high transfer speeds and storage capacities, as well as pre-installed Virtual Expander file compression software. The Micro Vault Midi range delivers up to 4GB of storage for about 1000 MP3 files or images and over 9 hours of MPEG4 video footage. The USB powered gadget includes software supposedly automatically compresses files as they’re downloaded, and decompresses them when the information is taken off, so that the device can hold up to four times as much information.