Flash Drives on the Go with Ford’s USB Music Box
Face it, if your car is an older model that’s not equipped with a USB port, your music options are limited to your CD player or your MP3 player connected by clunky adapters and cables that are more of a distraction than entertainment. As a result, Ford has come up with a solution for [...]
Automakers Rely on Custom USB Drives for Fixes and Updates
Prior to 1990, most cars on the road relied on a mechanical device called a carburetor to deliver fuel to the engine. Today, every modern car uses one or more onboard computers to precisely control the amount of fuel needed to run the engine. The advantage of these computer-controlled systems is that they offer greater [...]
Ford Cars Making the Switch from CD to USB
Cassette players, pay phones, film cameras, floppy disks. Now Ford Motor Company is paving the way for CD players to join the ranks of these obsolete technologies. The American automaker announced that it will officially start phasing out disc players in their car models in favor of a digital entertainment system complete with a [...]
Why the USB Flash Drive is One of the Best Handheld Gadgets Ever
Maximum PC once ranked the first USB flash drive mode, the IBM DiskOnKey, among the most important handheld devices of all time. It beat out such innovations like the compass, iPod and Game Boy to nab a top ten spot with the likes of the calculator, Kindle and iPad. While we at Premium USB [...]
HDTV Firmware Updates Thanks to USB Flash Drives
Gone are the days of standard television where everything works straight out of the box, with little to zero maintenance along the way. For years we’ve been used to the maintenance of software updates required by our computers, smartphones, cable boxes and gaming consoles. These little adjustments are essential for your hardware to perform [...]
