You love your gadgets because they’re awesome. Or maybe you love them because you spent $500 and decided you’d better learn to like them. Whatever the case, chances are you’ve learned to forgive their flaws and enjoy them enough as they are, force-quits and all. That about describes this week’s IRL, in which three Engadget editors make peace with their imperfect gadgets: an occasionally crash-prone Transformer Prime, the easily scratched V-Moda Crossfade LP headphones and Verbatim’s Dual USB Power Pack, with its short little charging cables.

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IRL: ASUS Transformer Prime, Verbatim Dual USB Power Pack and V-Moda’s Crossfade LP headphones originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Portable flash drives specced to USB 3.0 have been around since before Apple’s original iPad was introduced, but finding ‘em on the cheap can still be quite the task. Enter Verbatim’s Store ‘n’ Go V3 drives, which are set to fit said bill, starting at just $20 bucks for 8GB of storage with options up to 64GB. The USB connector retracts for storage to save you from fussing with caps, and you’ll also have your pick from “seven trendy colors.” Mum’s the word on the maximum transfer speeds you can expect, but we doubt it’s a major concern at this price. The Store ‘n’ Go V3s are already on sale and you’ll find more details in the press release after the break.

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Verbatim’s Store ‘n’ Go V3 thumb drives pack USB 3.0, start at $20 for 8GB originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 May 2012 06:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Verbatim, a name we mostly come across when looking for blank DVDs, has announced its new line of InSight portable USB hard drives. The storage devices are diminutive (weighing less than 6 ounces, measuring 6-inches in length), are being billed as “sleek” and “durable” with their fetching “piano black” finish (and who are we to disagree?), and are available in capacities of 320GB or 500GB. But the attention grabber here is the Always On display, which is — you guessed it — always on, displaying the drive name and available free space, even when disconnected from the computer. Available now for $119.99 for the 320GB or $149.99 for the 500GB. Full PR after the break.

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Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Verbatim doesn’t really make a lot of racket during the year, but come Macworld / CES, it pulls out all of the stops. Alongside a new family of delectable ExpressCard SSDs, the company is also introducing an 8GB Store ‘n’ Go Retractable USB Drive (Windows version shown) that caters to the OS X crowd. Verbatim’s pushing two main selling points here: for starters, the capless, retractable design means that your USB socket will always be covered, and secondly, the password controlled access to the drive’s private zone plays nice within an OS X environment. The half-ounce device is expected to land on store shelves in just a few weeks, though it’ll cost you a stiff $59.99 if you’re looking to pay MSRP.

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Verbatim trots out OS X-friendly 8GB Store ‘n’ Go retractable USB drive originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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