Originally published February 6 2006
Belkin debuts new CableFree USB hub
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The four-port hub from Belkin lets users connect their USB devices and access them wirelessly. Belkin has not released what wireless communication will be used, but expects the hub to ship in the spring.
USB has nearly replaced older cable technologies such as parallel and serial, but it still requires wires.
Belkin hopes to change all of that with their new CableFree USB hub, which will be shown off at CES 2006 in Las Vegas.
The four port hub allows users to connect their favorite USB gadgets and then access them wirelessly.
It's unknown what wireless connection will be used between the computer and the hub.
Flash memory sticks, hard-drives and printers now come with USB connections and it's easy to see how useful this device could be.
A USB hub would easily and inexpensively let people share a printer or storage device.
Network printers, which often use Ethernet connections, have often been much more expensive than their consumer grade cousins.
USB drives are also usually cheaper than network capable drives.
Belkin has not released what wireless communication will be used between the computers and the hub.
High-speed USB 2.0 has a theoretical top speed of 480 mmbps.
While many devices don't achieve anywhere close to that speed, hard-drives and scanners can push a lot of data through the pipe.
It will be interesting to see how Belkin will deal with this.
Belkin expects the CableFree USB hub to ship in the spring.
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