The first new Sony Micro Vault Tiny USB drives are available for purchase.

The Sony Tiny USB stick comes packaged in a clip-on carry case that can be worn as an accessory, attaching to a cell phone case, purse strap, key chain, or clipped onto a notebook cover.

Sony's Tiny is preloaded with Virtual Expander, which expands the capacity to virtually store up to three times as much data by automatically compressing and decompressing files.

The Sony Tiny Micro Vault is measuring roughly 0.5 inch in width and just over 1 inch in length.

Amazon.com is currently shipping the 1GB Micro Vault ($62.99) and the 256MB tiny stick ($25.99). There are actually five color-coded capacities of the Sony Micro Vault Tiny available: 256MB (orange), 512MB (violet), 1GB (blue), 2GB (green) and 4GB (purple).

More details also in this Sony press-release. Via Engadget.