Gefen wireless USB hub gets a street date

The Gefen wireless USB hub that we reported on back in the lazy, carefree days of May is finally hitting your block. According to a press release, the hub will be making an appearance at Infocomm 07 as well as going on sale "by show time", which means right now. The hub, if you'll recall, de-clutters workspaces by connecting a "sender/dongle" to your computer and a small receiver to a USB device, allowing for wireless operation up to 60 feet away. For those of us whose homes are starting to look like the ship from The Matrix, this may come as a welcome relief -- as long as you can swing the $399 price-tag.

[paul irwin @ Jun 20th 2007 11:42AM]

so instead of having a USB cable going to your computer you'll have a power cable going to the wall. brilliant.

sure, you'd probably plug in a USB hub anyways, but my point is that the USB consortium's 100% focus on wireless USB is ridiculous. in a lot of situations, like flash drives, low-power USB hard drives, and the like, you're replacing one USB cable with a power cable. or, batteries that have to be charged or replaced to use. i'd much rather have USB 3.0 at 1 Gbps+ than wireless USB.

[anonymous @ Jun 20th 2007 11:43AM]

Prices like that will surely keep it from mass acceptance.

[Tim @ Jun 20th 2007 11:46AM]

And they say "clutter", like its a bad thing..

[John @ Jun 20th 2007 11:56AM]

Everyone know's my rat's nest of cables is for one official use.

Trapping the elusive dust bunny.

/and dog hair

Also it's not wireless. It has a dongle.
/ducks

[Lewis @ Jun 20th 2007 3:57PM]

We've actually got this product up for preorder below MSRP on our site @ SewellDirect.

http://sewelldirect.com/Gefen-Wireless-USB.asp

Personal note: I don't see every day applications for the hub, necessarily (so what, I can use my USB feet warmers from 150 feet? (that's a joke...)), but I'm *really* looking forward to when UWB gets integrated into other portable devices, like cell phones, etc.

[seanchk @ Oct 10th 2007 10:07AM]

This is awesome if you havent got sockets or free space in convenient places, now finally I can run my printer wirelessly and not have a cable running across the room.

[Taisoul @ Jul 22nd 2007 3:46PM]

I'm a music producer so this is freakin awesome for me!!!

This means my USB Keyboard (Piano not qwerty) and USB drum pads can be moved about my studio!!! CRAZY.

For normal use... not so exciting but for us music folks... YIPPIEEEE!!!!!!

[M@ @ Jun 21st 2007 2:21AM]

Wireless hub for ol' USB 2.0, so frikkin what? You had me thinking this was an actual wireless USB hub for a second there...