Belkin Cable-Free USB Hub available for purchase this month

the question is, will the speeds that it supports be fast enough, and when will i be able to hook up all my laptop peripherals (such as my external keyboard, hard drive, ipod charger, internet cable, camera, etc) to it?

I want a UWB dock that works and performs both as a set of multiple USB connections, but also as a dock for my FireWire 800 hard drive, and if i ever get it, a 30 inch screen. Course it would need power, but just the portability and ease of use would be great. I like the idea of hooking it up to the router so then the rest of the network could use the peripherals connected to it if the user wanted.

[off-topic] the iPhone had better have some form of Bluetooth/UWB . . .

imagine actually running my HK soundsticks like i would have been able to do all along if the airport-express had the right firmware.

let's all just hope it's not windoze only like the report on engadget says.

Keyspan sells a networked USB hub. Hook it up to a wireless G router and you've got house-wide wireless USB for every computer in the home.

Not quite, Alex. You're forgetting laptops. This basically means a laptop user would have to plug in as many devices when he or she sat down at a desk.

I'd love a wireless USB hub.

But:
1) that's damn expensive for no wires.
2) is this "480 Mbps" or is it actually as fast as USB 2.0?

I'd want to actually test one for something like a USB hard drive and USB cd burner before I bought one. Especially at that price.

"The only thing you're tethered to is a small USB dongle."

...and presumably an AC adaptor, which sort of defeats the point of wireless