In dormant Cruzer flash drives is a stylish rectangular black and silver to complete the end of a smooth surface. The top surface slides forward with the thumb, and then come back and miraculously emerged USB interface. Do to reverse and back to agencies to recover the drive.

Okay, so it's a little stroke of gadgetry - it doesn't cover up a piano wire garrotte or anything likely to get James Bond thrilled - but it's a bright inspiration that keeps the connector protected when the device is in your pocket or handbag. The only small problem we found was that while pulling out, the device got a little jammed occasionally, requiring us to hold as well as push a bit harder to get it to move.

A subsequent attractive inspiration is controlled inside the Contour, and that's the truth that it's a U3 smart drive. This means that it comes with additional security in the form of non-compulsory password protection, and it's also preloaded with some of the U3 software. There's Skype, CruzerSync backup software, password storage utility, a couple of basic games (mahjong and sudoku) as well as a McAfee virus scanner.