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Why does Apple not make USB flash drives?
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Now with the release of the iPod Shuffle, I am wondering why Apple has not released their own branded version of a USB flash drive. I use them all the time and they seem to be always increasing in popularity. I would love a white usb stick with the apple logo that glows white when inserted into my imac or an ibook. Apple seems to make other pheripherals, I am just suprised they havent decided to enter this market yet. With apples high markup on products, they'd make a ton of money, I know I'd buy one.
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The iPod shuffle is a USB flash drive.  A very affordable one that also plays nicely with iTunes.
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Because there are already about 3.2x10^28 models of the flash drives on the market already?
The iPod Shuffle *is* a flash drive, too.
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USB flash drives are a commodity. Apple excels at making excellent products and adding value. They don't make commodity products.
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Originally posted by chabig:
USB flash drives are a commodity. Apple excels at making excellent products and adding value. They don't make commodity products.
Ditto...
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And Apple's markups are high. Most people would buy a functionally-equivalent one from SanDisk or whatever that costs less.
There'd really be no sense in Apple doing it.
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For the exact same reason they no longer sell external hard drives.
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I hate to just echo what everyone else already mentioned, but the primary reason I bought the shuffle was to use it as a flash drive. I use the about 256mb out of the 1gig for music, but the rest for files. The fact that it is made by apple, plays nice with itunes, etc... is just a bonus.
So the answer to your questions is, "they do."
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Originally posted by york28:
For the exact same reason they no longer sell external hard drives.
Unless you count the iPod ...
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Some aren't getting it, so I'll reiterate: THE IPOD SHUFFLE IS A USB FLASH DRIVE!!!
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Originally posted by york28:
For the exact same reason they no longer sell external hard drives.
Note that the Apple-branded hard drives weren't made by Apple, they were Quantum drives using the Apple logo under license. I believe they were not sold by Apple, either, and I know that support was provided by Quantum.
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I had a 40 MB Apple-branded external hard drive for my Mac/SE that weighed about 20 lbs and was the side of an encyclopedia.
Ah, those were the days...
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Why doesn't Apple make Camera's and Printers anymore? 
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