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IOGEAR Ships Wireless USB Hub, Finally

Eliza Villarino — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:04:38 +0000

IOGEAR’s Wireless USB hub is now for sale to interested customers. The price tag: $199.95.

The device goes by the name of GUWH104KIT and includes a router with four wired USB hubs. It can wirelessly link different Wireless USB adapters or notebooks.

The company first announced this product in June 2006 and the first Wireless USB certifications were performed earlier this year. IOGEAR’s Wireless USB hub can work with current and future Certified W-USB devices.
Via [extremetech.com]

Laptops That Don’t Need USB Cables

Kristin Abraham — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:21:44 +0000

Dell and Lenovo have just announced the first laptops with embedded Certified Wireless USB chips. This means that all peripherals connected to a USB hub will tie in to your laptop without the use of a cable.

For computer owners who love this idea but aren’t ready for a new computer, D-Link and IOGear have announced an adapter that plugs right into your USB port and gives you the same functionality.
Via [pcworld.com]

Icron’s Wireless USB Hub Is Pricey

Eliza Villarino — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:30:00 +0000

Icron Technologies unveiled its maiden wireless USB hub, which it will sell for $395.00. Icron chief executive Robert Eisses expects the product to be popular despite the price. “We sell a CAT-5 USB extender for $695. We sell a lot of them. We expect to sell a lot of these, too,” he said.

WiRanger Cable Free USB 2.0 Hub features 802.11g Wi-Fi technology, which would allow for data transmission over a distance of 30 meters and at a speed of 54 Mbits/s. It houses both Local Extender Module (LEX), and Remote Extender Module (REX) — the LEX is attached to the PC via a type B connector, and the REX, which has four ports, enables four devices to be plugged simultaneously. Eisses warned of possible performance issues because, as per the product’s spec sheet, “some products may not function normally due to (the wireless radio’s) restriction.”
Via [pcmag.com]

Wireless USB Ready For Testing

Eliza Villarino — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:49:00 +0000

The USB Implementers Forum has launched the Certified Wireless USB Compliance and Certification Program, which will allow vendors to have their UWB-based Wireless USB products certified for product interoperability. Although vendors can perform self-tests, they must submit their products for testing to a Certified Wireless USB test lab before they get certification. Intel’s Wireless USB Platform Integration Lab is the first test center to sign on with the program.
Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Wireless USB Vs. Cable-Free USB

RenderMan — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:39:00 +0000

It appears there will be yet another battle for domination between 2 competing technologies. This time it is over the future of Wireless USB. Intel is not showing of thier WiMedia technology for personal area networks, and Belkin is pushing thier CableFree USB technologies which do the same thing, but are not interoperable with WiMedia. Both manufacturers have a nearly equal partner following, so it’s hard to guess who might win. In the end it will be the consumer who chooses the winner.
Via [informationweek.com]

USB Cable Meets Wireless Nemesis

Wayne Slavin — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:01:00 +0000

A cable outfit says it has come up with the technology to kill off the Universal Serial Bus cable.
Via [theinquirer.net]

Wisair Debuts Wireless USB Reference Design

Wayne Slavin — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:46:00 +0000

Wisair has announced a wireless USB dongle and hub reference design that will allow consumer devices such as printers, scanners and cellular devices to connect to a USB-enabled PC at rates of up to 480 Mbits/s.
Via [eetimes.com]