4-port USB Revolving Hub is simply useful
By Darren Murph 
posted Dec 17th 2008 7:15AM
posted Dec 17th 2008 7:15AM
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now if only they made usb gizmos that use up more then one usb port so you can get some decent heating or cooling going on the mug warmers/can coolers
It appears to be an unpowered hub (judging by the way it only comes with the hub and a USB cable, not a power adapter), so you can probably still only chill one Coke or warm one set of gloves or other (relatively) high-power-drain activity... yes, I know those were intended as stupid examples anyway, and there are plenty of USB devices that don't need bus power (or not much) but.
Agreed, I noticed that too and I think it should be mentioned, people should be aware of such things before buying, and be aware that if the price is extremely low it might mean they saved by not including an adaptor which means the price is in fact not so low.
I guess it's ok for notebooks though, mind you it would be handy if an USB hub has at least a socket for external power, and they could conceivably make a battery-pack powered USB hub. it might have a market, for people that need to use USB devices that draw a lot of power in the field.
Before the invention of a USB hub, there is the power bar. You just need to bend over to reach it.
You'd think an Engadget writer would be hip to the realities of USB hubs.
Go figure.
Although it doesn't seem to come with a power adapter, the close up shots on the company site show a power plug on the side of the hub.
Whats with the gay flower crap?
What do you have against flowers? Flowers are pretty...
I was think the same thing this would be better with no decoration.
@ matt flowers may be pretty but they will get you laughed out of most LAN parties if you bring that crap in there.
black, grey, deep blue and military green are the most male (macho) colors.
So, a white flower in a black background is not gay at all, a pink flower in a yellow (or rainbow colored) surface is gay.
@tarnation, you've obviously never been to a Welsh LAN party
Laughed out of a lan party; could it get any worse?
laughed into one?
actually thats how most people get into that...
handy if maybe you have a bulky dongle of some sort, yeah might buy one...
heh, I have one of those.
This gadget only cost me $5 in Taiwan...and no external power option for sure...
Could be useful for my clunky USB wifi adapter that I often gotta connect on my old laptop with two USB port beside eachother, blocking the second USB port..
Four site redirects to get to a product page where I can actually buy it? The tubes are getting clogged.
The internet could be inoperative within days. We can't let this crucial resource go unsheparded. I recommend you appoint a Secretary of the Internet. Someone to impose order on this mess.
Could have some possibilities.
Why isn't this in Crapgadget ???... this is hardly Front Page News imho
I'm disappointed. I was hoping for some sort of Merry-Go-Round type hub, so I could put my thumb drive shaped like funny characters atop, and send them for a ride.
Revolving? Hardly.
3. 3 extra ports.