Lest ye think we're Microsofties due to
our WMCE dabbling with
HD, here comes one from MacDailyNews: Belkin's CableFree USB Hub and Dongle hit retail shelves this spring. Why do
we care: the key word is "CableFree", which is really two words unless you're playing Scrabble. This hub and
dongle utilize UWB, or Ultra-wideband technology which in this case is USB speeds without wires. Get the picture?
Belkin claims that this UWB implementation is 100 times faster than anemic Bluetooth, which makes it superb for kickin'
out large datastreams through thin air. The Belkin CableFree USB Hub and Dongle (we just love that word) will retail for
$129.99, which is much less than
the 85Mbps HomePlug 1.0
equipment that the big, brown truck delivered to our labs today.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dallas Texas @ Jan 30th 2006 6:14PM
Too bad this Belkin device uses proprietary UWB protocols and is not W-USB (IEEE Wireless USB) compliant. In their effort to push out an UWB device early with a Freescale inplementation, they elect to screw the user who thinks they have a Wireless USB compliant device.
In the near future when millions of PC's have built in W-USB, this device is not recognized, will likely interfere with the real W-USB and at best, will have two transmitters clogging up your wireless environment. - Shameful
Alex Pacin @ Jan 30th 2006 11:29PM
I blogged about this a few days ago, but I'm glad to see it getting more press here. I think that $129.99 is a small price to pay for fewer wires (read high WAF - Wife Acceptance Factor). I sort of agree with 'Dallas Texas' above, and the same could be said about all of those pre-n routers being sold. But it seems that they are selling well and a lot of people are satisfied . . . at least in the short term.