PC Magazine has posted what I believe is one of the first reviews of the new Belkin Cable-Free USB Hub which we mentioned earlier this month. The concept for the device is relatively straight forward. Make the hub connect to the PC over a wireless connection thereby eliminating the need to connect a wire to the PC at hand. All you’d need is a small USB dongle to communicate directly to the USB hub.

Unfortunately PC Mag gave it 2 stars out of five and provided the following verdict:

The Cable-Free USB Hub offers an interesting new technology, but $200 is a lot of money to replace a USB computer-to-hub cable, especially given the drop in performance I experienced.

It’s unfortunate the performance wasn’t better (and the price wasn’t lower). I was actually looking forward to this device once the price dropped somewhat. I really could use a break from some of the wires coming out of my systems here in the office.

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