Lexar and Ceedo make any app portable

by Jordan Running Jan 12th 2006

We're a big fan of portable apps here at Download Squad, so this is cool news to us: Lexar has partnered with an Israeli software company called Ceedo on a program called PowerToGo that "lets most existing Windows applications run unmodified from [Lexar] flash drives." The article from Embedded.com says that Ceedo will license the software to other device vendors but that it "will be developed as an open standard" and will be compatible "most consumer and electronic mobile devices," though it's fairly vague on that particular point. I have my share of questions about this, for example will PowerToGo be smart enough to use a machine's hard drive rather than the flash drive for temporary storage so as keep from shortening the life of the flash memory with frequent access, and will running large apps (as so many of them are these days) be quick enough to satisfy users' need for speed? Still, if they can pull it off, it could be great news for flash drive nomads.

Tags: ceedo, flash drive, lexar, portable, powertogo, usb

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