NEWS: USB goes Wireless

<http://www.theregister.com/2007/07/24/first_wireless_usb/>

First certified devices launched

The first devices submitted for Wireless USB certification have been
approved, and four of them will be in US shops by the end of the
summer.

Laptops from Dell and Lenovo, as well as hubs (and adapters) from IO
Gear and D-Link, are the first devices to receive Wireless USB
certification: ensuring that they'll work properly together and
conform to the Wireless USB standard.

Belkin is already selling a Wireless USB hub-and-adapters set, but
that pre-dates certification, and performance varies as the reviews
on Amazon show.

<http://www.amazon.com/BLKF5U301-Cable-4-Port-Black-Silver/dp/B000MFJT0A/ref=pd_bbs_sr_11/102-4665538-6908917?ie=UTF8&s=office-products&qid=1185288408&sr=8-11>

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John Navas wrote:
> The first devices submitted for Wireless USB certification have been
> approved, and four of them will be in US shops by the end of the
> summer.
>
> Laptops from Dell and Lenovo, as well as hubs (and adapters) from IO
> Gear and D-Link, are the first devices to receive Wireless USB
> certification: ensuring that they'll work properly together and
> conform to the Wireless USB standard.
>
> Belkin is already selling a Wireless USB hub-and-adapters set, but
> that pre-dates certification, and performance varies as the reviews
> on Amazon show.

OLD news...Verizon has been selling USB WiFi devices.

DTC <no_spam@move_along_folks.foob> hath wroth:

>John Navas wrote:
>> The first devices submitted for Wireless USB certification have been
>> approved, and four of them will be in US shops by the end of the
>> summer.

>OLD news...Verizon has been selling USB WiFi devices.

Nope. Welcome to the buzzword muddle. "Wireless USB" is very
different from "USB wireless" and "WirelessUSB".

Wireless USB was previously UWB (ultra-wideband) from 3.1GHz to
10.6GHz with speeds up to 480Mbits/sec at 3 meters range.
<http://www.usb.org/developers/wusb/>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_USB>
For various reasons that you can read about elsewhere, the UWB
standards initiative collapsed. The torch was picked up by the USB
Implimenters Forum and immediately mutated into "Wireless USB".

"USB Wireless" is the commodity Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g client with a USB
interface to the computah.

"WirelessUSB" (with no space) is a cordless extension for USB devices
(printers, scanners, cell phones, PDA's) by Cypress Semiconductor.
<http://www.cypress.com/portal/server.pt?space=CommunityPage&control=SetCommunity &CommunityID=209&PageID=215&gid=14&fid=65&category =All&showall=false>

There are others to add to the confusion:
WirelessHD (WiHD), Wibree, WiMedia, etc.

If you're still confused, you're in good company, as even the vendors
can't seem to keep the buzzwords and acronyms straight.

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"John Navas" <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
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> <http://www.theregister.com/2007/07/24/first_wireless_usb/>
>
> First certified devices launched
>
> The first devices submitted for Wireless USB certification have been
> approved, and four of them will be in US shops by the end of the
> summer.
>
> Laptops from Dell and Lenovo, as well as hubs (and adapters) from IO
> Gear and D-Link, are the first devices to receive Wireless USB
> certification: ensuring that they'll work properly together and
> conform to the Wireless USB standard.
>
> Belkin is already selling a Wireless USB hub-and-adapters set, but
> that pre-dates certification, and performance varies as the reviews
> on Amazon show.
>
> <http://www.amazon.com/BLKF5U301-Cable-4-Port-Black-Silver/dp/B000MFJT0A/ref=pd_bbs_sr_11/102-4665538-6908917?ie=UTF8&s=office-products&qid=1185288408&sr=8-11>
>

Its about freaking time...

I hope we see more wireless USB hubs soon.. They should get better and
cheaper. I want to cut the cables for my existing USB stuff.