The folks at Apacer claim on their stand at Computex to be releasing the smallest USB memory stick in the world, with a capacity up to 1GB.

The Handy Steno AH123 (above) is quite cute, and is tiny, but in the next door booth Kingston, while not making the same claim, also has a range of tiny USB sticks about to come out. And if anything, the Data Traveller Mini looks slightly smaller (next to the phone). 

It also has the Data Traveller Mini Fun (below), again with capacities between 256KB and 1GB, but clearly aimed at the female and children's market. In the next version, you'll be able to clip two together to increase their capacity.

Kingston is also moving into the multimedia player market, bringing out the pretty small KPEX (Portable Entertainment Experience). It can be used to watch video, playing games, viewing photos and listening to mp3s.

It has a capacity of 1GB or 2GB, includes a miniSD card slot and has a 2in screen and intgrated voice recorder. It will start from about $120.

A company rep said Kingston wants to diversify its business, and has set up a team to develop more mulitmedia devices.