Souvenirs help you remember those great times you had on your trips. So by that logic, spending hundreds of dollars on souvenirs could immortalize a memory (especially when you glance at the dent in your bank account). This is where Lenovo will help Olympics attendees out with its fancy Olympics-themed USB drives.
One special thumb drive is made of the same material as the Olympic torch -- and shaped like it, too. Awesome. It carries 4GB of data -- all for just $142.
On the less pricey side are the Mascot-series 4GB flash drives, which cost $29 each. All but one of the drives display an image of the
Chinese "good luck" dolls called "Fuwa" mascots; the remaining drive sports the Beijing Olympics logo.
And then there are two more: A set of five medallions, also of the Fuwa mascots, which are already sold out; and an extremely limited set of five 1GB titanium drives, which are reserved for people who are probably too special/important to read Wired.com.
It makes sense Lenovo chose USB drives for promoting the Olympics: You might need something compact and discreet to sneak your photos and personal data out of China without getting it seized. That's probably what MacGyver would do anyway -- only he'd probably fashion a USB drive out of a pair of chopsticks, along with a ?? and a ????.
2008 Beijing Olympics Flash Drives (The Best from Lenovo) [Everything USB]
