--===============1045149551== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_88950_3654299.1184682069438" ------=_Part_88950_3654299.1184682069438 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-6196713.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-5&subj=news [...] Like wired USB was more than a decade ago, Wireless USB is a classic example of a "chicken-and-egg" technology problem, where two parts of the industry depend on each other to make products useful. In the case of Wireless USB, the parties involved are, on the one hand, computer makers who must build Wireless USB support into their PCs and, on the other, device makers whose products are at the other end of those connections. Wireless hub products could help jump-start the industry by bridging from the existing wired USB world to a wireless future, and Belkin competitors likely will announce their own products as soon as this week. Such systems typically have two components: a "dongle" that plugs into a PC's wired USB port and gives the computer Wireless USB abilities, and a hub with four wired USB ports for connecting current devices. The dongle can communicate with future Wireless USB-enabled products and, of course, with the hub. And next-generation PCs with Wireless USB built-in will be able to communicate with the hub and whatever wired USB devices are plugged into it. Wireless USB has a maximum range of about 30 feet but isn't designed to penetrate walls. [...] ---- Now we just need to make peripherals solar-/vibration- powered to get rid of batteries too. :-) ------=_Part_88950_3654299.1184682069438 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-6196713.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-5&subj=news">http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-6196713.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-5&subj=news</a><br><br>[...]<br>Like wired USB was more than a decade ago, Wireless USB is a classic example of a "chicken-and-egg" technology problem, where two parts of the industry depend on each other to make products useful. In the case of Wireless USB, the parties involved are, on the one hand, computer makers who must build Wireless USB support into their PCs and, on the other, device makers whose products are at the other end of those connections. <br><br>Wireless hub products could help jump-start the industry by bridging from the existing wired USB world to a wireless future, and Belkin competitors likely will announce their own products as soon as this week. Such systems typically have two components: a "dongle" that plugs into a PC's wired USB port and gives the computer Wireless USB abilities, and a hub with four wired USB ports for connecting current devices. <br><br>The dongle can communicate with future Wireless USB-enabled products and, of course, with the hub. And next-generation PCs with Wireless USB built-in will be able to communicate with the hub and whatever wired USB devices are plugged into it. Wireless USB has a maximum range of about 30 feet but isn't designed to penetrate walls. <br>[...]<br><br>----<br><br>Now we just need to make peripherals solar-/vibration- powered to get rid of batteries too. :-)<br> ------=_Part_88950_3654299.1184682069438-- --===============1045149551== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Wear-Hard mailing listhttp://www.haven.org/mailman/listinfo/wear-hard --===============1045149551==--
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