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USB technology is the leading connectivity standard for consumer electronics. GetUSB.info takes a look at these products and other fun USB Gadgets to show how USB affects your everyday life, it really does. We talk about USB 1.1, USB 2.0, Wireless USB and soon to be USB 3.0. We have USB hacks, tutorials and general USB information. Welcome and enjoy.

Finger Nail Bluetooth Adaptor with Flat Mouse

01.15.07 | USB News| Wireless | Permalink

Update:  Read a full review of the MoGo Bluetooth Mouse.

It’s been reported recently of Newton Peripheral’s MoGo finger nail sized Bluetooth adaptor, but no one pointed out the flat mouse - does MoGo do anything normal?

mogo dapter

The MoGo Mouse slides into your express card laptop slot (recharges) all the while having the nub of a Bluetooth adaptor hanging out the back-end. Excellent tools for the road warrior or, like me, the minimalist.

mogo mouse

Using v2.0 Bluetooth technology you get enhanced Wi-Fi and up to three times faster data-transfer rates then more common v1.2 adaptors. Of course we wouldn’t do this post unless the MoGo Bluetooth Dapter connected via USB.

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GetUSB Dealz - 4GB QuikDrive Only $29

01.15.07 | GetUSB Dealz| USB News | Permalink

QuikDrive by US Modular has a 4GB flash drive for $29.95 after a $20 mail-in rebate. No Google checkout needed and free shipping. Offer good until 1/21/07. 4GBs, that’s about 1,020 songs right there on a thumb drive. No U3 software to snatch up storage space but if needed, it’s free: U3.

quikdrive

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Is Apple iPhone Synaptics’ ClearPad?

01.14.07 | Apple / iPod| Audio| USB News| Video| VoIP | Permalink

The big push from Apple’s iPhone is the multi-touch capability of the screen where multiple activities can take place simultaneously. Well, Synaptics released ClearPad back in August ‘06 stating just that. ClearPad is based on Synaptics’ proprietary sensing technology and offers unique capabilities like multi-finger input, proximity sensing, text entry and high resolution finger input.

clearpad

Enabled through Synaptics clear, capacitive sensing technology Onyx, here, displays the future of mobile technology. ClearPad is a thin solid state film that can be curved and mounted beneath plastics offering mobile designers (Apple) the ability to create sleek and stylized industrial designs. More photos (more…)

Sleek VoIP Phone Stored in PCMCIA Slot While Charging

01.12.07 | Kensington| USB News| VoIP| Wireless | Permalink

Store you’re VoIP phone in the PCMCIA slot, recharge your VoIP phone from the PCMCIA slot - the Vo200 Bluetooth Internet Phone is right on target. If you’re into VoIP phones this is one sexy looking unit.

vo200 kensington

The sleek design is designed for simplicity with auto detecting Bluetooth signal upon power up, what is now standard echo cancellation technology and compatible with virtually any VoIP service (Skype, MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk) 3 hours of continuous talk time, 30 hours standby time and a blinking light when only 10% of the charge is remaining. Nice built-in stand too. For one wireless, cable free (more…)

Very Stylish Laptop Cooler from Belkin

01.11.07 | USB Input Device| USB News | Permalink

With recent issues of overheating battery packs Belkin introduces the Laptop Cooling Stand (F5L001) with a unique design which pushes heat through a channel and away from your laptop.

belkin cooler stand

Using a laptop’s USB port the Belkin Cooling Stand blows heat away from the under part of your laptop all the while providing a flexible stand for keypad typing and laptop positioning. (more…)

Movies From USB to TV - Thanks SanDisk

01.11.07 | SanDisk| USB News| USB T.V.| Video | Permalink

Sometimes you want to give USB a big huge. Case in point, the new USBTV from SanDisk is something anyone could apprecate. It’s a device to simply copy video from your PC and play on your TV. The flash drive is loaded with a media player and video codecs so the device will play a video file directly off the USB drive to the TV.

sandisk usbtv

So your TV doesn’t have a USB slot, well neither does mine, but that’s OK (more…)

USB Drive Remotely Controls House Security, Temp and more

01.10.07 | Security| USB News | Permalink

The good folks over at GizmosForGeeks tipped us about Snap-Link from the 2007 CES show, a USB flash drive that controls home security, house temperature, lights, view through house webcam and even waters your lawn.

snap link

Snap-Link from Home Automation Inc. (HAI) uses a secure Ethernet port on a pre-loaded USB flash drive to access your house system via the Snap-Link software. It’s a great solution because access can only be made with (more…)

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