Belkin Wireless USB Hub

By Damien Barrett

Belkin is set to release the world's first wireless USB hub. Laptop users will be able to place their USB devices anywhere in the room (or buillding?) without the need for running long USB cables. Belkin's CableFree USB will be on display at the 2006 International CES Show in Las Vegas,
NV, January 5-8, at 31247 South Hall and at Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, CA, January 10-13, at 717 South Hall.

Details are scarce, but I suspect that this hub comes in two parts, the wireless hub to which you connect your USB devices, and a USB wireless dongle that you plug into your computer (laptop, for instance), which provides the wireless bridge between the computer and the hub. But, that's just my speculation on how it'll work.

This is actually a great idea and I can think of quite a few people/clients who would benefit from this, not to mention it'd solve my own USB wiring nightmare.

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