http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/ Engadget Comments for Magnetic 4-port USB hub: for brazen daredevils only http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 3:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/
get your 'feel feel' on people :D

engadget heard of proofing? FAIL]]>Oct 6th 2008 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 3:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/
For those of you who dont know, there is a relatively strong magnet in the right site of the slim imacs (i know in the white ones for sure).
Its there to hold the apple remote, but I often sick my flash dive of keys on it.]]>Oct 6th 2008 3:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 4:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 4:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/
What about non-solid-state hard drives? Can we use them, or are they too ancient for you?]]>Oct 6th 2008 5:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/
The only danger I see from this is using a HDD externally and putting this directly on the casing while its turned on and read/writing, even then it would be because it damaging the drive arm mechanism as it moves, maybe causing it to scratch the discs itself, but it wouldn't be destroying the data on the actual disc in a magnetic sense.

This is one myth that should of had its heyday by now, please let it die.]]>Oct 6th 2008 5:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/
You do what you want with your data. I've grown too fond of mine to torture it in this way. The few advantages of a tacky magnetic USB hub are, IMO, rendered thoroughly undesirable when compared to the terrifying risk of data loss. ]]>Oct 6th 2008 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 3:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 3:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 3:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/
Wasn't funny the first time I saw it, and it isn't funny now.]]>Oct 6th 2008 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/
"What could possibly go wrong?"]]>Oct 6th 2008 3:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 3:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 3:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/



On second thought, thanks but no thanks.]]>Oct 6th 2008 3:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 4:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/
A truly bad idea would be a combo USB Hub + EMP Pulse Generator. ]]>Oct 6th 2008 4:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/
I read tests where they tried with very powerful magnets to affect a HD and it turns out the problem was the head assembly getting magnetised and making the arm stick so that it could not move in position anymore to read the data, shows you that there's nothing like a test to see what actually happens in these cases.
]]>Oct 6th 2008 4:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 4:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 4:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 4:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/
Is it too much to expect, that people reviewing the technology understand the basics, a tiny little bit about how the damn things actually work?]]>Oct 6th 2008 4:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 5:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/
In fact, they don't have any effect on normal magnetic platter hard drives either, if they did the rare-earth magnet you'll find inside would wipe the data as you wrote it.]]>Oct 6th 2008 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 4:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/All speakers are, are magnets.

And think about all the magnet-clasp cases for cellphones and such nowadays. ]]>Oct 6th 2008 5:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/It's by far the best, most practical and best looking method I have ever seen to fix all your devices on the same holder without screws, suction cups and the like.
I used it every day for more than 2 years, first with a N95 and a garmin now with a N95 8gb and a tomtom and I never ever had any problems.
Soon I'll be buying a new cell phone and the first hing I'm gonna buy for it will surely be the little metallic adesive strip to stick on its back to have it placed on my dash magnet.
]]>Oct 6th 2008 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/It's by far the best, most practical and best looking method I have ever seen to fix all your devices on the same holder without screws, suction cups and the like.
I used it every day for more than 2 years, first with a N95 and a garmin now with a N95 8gb and a tomtom and I never ever had any problems.
Soon I'll be buying a new cell phone and the first hing I'm gonna buy for it will surely be the little metallic adesive strip to stick on its back to have it placed on my dash magnet.
]]>Oct 6th 2008 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/
Long story short: Disregard the bullshit old-wives tale perpetuated in this article.]]>Oct 6th 2008 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.techspot.com/gallery/data/504/bust-disk.jpg when i saw this]]>Oct 6th 2008 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.pcworld.com/article/116572/busting_the_biggest_pc_myths.html]]>Oct 6th 2008 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/
EWWW IT'S GOT MAGNETS!!!

Go grab your Texas Toast cell phone and cowboy up.]]>Oct 6th 2008 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/
BTW, 14 bucks is expensive for this !!! YOu can get a 8 USB port hub....]]>Oct 6th 2008 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/magnetic-4-port-usb-hub-for-brazen-daredevils-only/Oct 6th 2008 1:06PM