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USB Business Cards

by Tim Stevens on May 8, 2007 at 11:04 AM



Enough forest has has been slaughtered for the promotion of your business. Now, you can replace your paper business cards with the new USB business cards by SolidAlliance of Japan. Unlike your traditional 3.5 x 2-inch slips of dead tree, these thumb drives are good for much more than listing a phone number, address and impressive sounding title. Each can hold one-gigabyte's worth of facts, PowerPoint presentations, photos, video and even an official company anthem if you happen to have one.

Great, but at $225 for a package of five, it's doubtful you'll actually want to give any of these away -- especially when the paper variety can be had for much less, and even free. And in an age when contact details can easily be exchanged wirelessly via Bluetooth, these cards seem like waste of time, money and materials. Then again, let's not forget that they come from Japan, where the act of handing out and receiving business cards is not done lightly, but is a ritual of respect.

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