Editing USB flash drive (section)

===Audio players===
[[File:Sony Walkman NWZ-B183.jpg|thumb|A contemporary thumb drive styled solid-state digital audio player ([[Sony Walkman]] B180 Series)]]
Many companies make small solid-state [[digital audio player]]s, essentially producing flash drives with sound output and a simple user interface. Examples include the [[Creative MuVo]], [[Philips GoGear]] and the first generation [[iPod shuffle]]. Some of these players are true USB flash drives as well as music players; others do not support general-purpose data storage. Other applications requiring storage, such as [[Digital recording|digital voice or sound recording]], can also be combined with flash drive functionality.<ref>[http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/oima_cckb/VN-801PC_Instructions_EN.pdf From the manual for a typical digital voice recorder] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201153455/http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/oima_cckb/VN-801PC_Instructions_EN.pdf |date=2016-02-01 }}: "Apart from using this unit as a recorder, you can use it as an external memory for your computer, as an external storage device."</ref>

Many of the smallest players are powered by a permanently fitted rechargeable battery, charged from the USB interface. Fancier devices that function as a digital audio player have a USB host port (type A female typically).