Asus launches a new device – MS71, that was seen first at Cebit 2008. It looks like an increased USB flash drive, but it’s really much more than that.

I think that Asus’ developers made a bet on uniting two most different devices into one. As the result we see what we see. MS71 is a wireless laser mouse with built-in flash memory. The device consists of two parts: mouse transmitter and receiver (mouse itself), which has magnetic locking mechanism that allows to unite two parts in one device and use it as a flash drive. The other thing is that when the device is plugged into USB port, it charges built-in mouse battery.

You may be skeptic about Asus MS7, but I Think that this gadget will be very popular among laptop users. Technical details and pricing are still unknown, we’ll see some press releases from Asus in nearest future.