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USB On-the-Go Builds Momentum Against Bluetooth
News Emerging connectivity technology USB On-the-Go is gradually becoming the de facto wired standard, gaining more momentum from a licensing deal with chipmaker Motorola. More than 1.3 billion devices in the market have ports for USB, which became a...
[February 20, 2003, 10:37]
Handhelds Connect With USB On-the-Go
News Executives at Philips said PDAs could have USB On-the-Go inside by the end of this year. Several manufacturers, including Hewlett-Packard, are evaluating ways to use an offshoot of the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 specification called USB On-the-Go.
[September 30, 2002, 13:23]
USB Server Logs On To The Network
News Keyspan, a US-based maker of connection devices for computers, showed off a device at the CES show in Las Vegas this week that lets PCs and Apple Mac computers access USB devices over a network. The USB Server lets computers access a USB device...
[January 8, 2004, 13:35]
CSR Debuts Low-cost Bluetooth Printing
News Cypress Semiconductor and the UK's Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) have teamed up on a low-cost Bluetooth attachment for USB printers that allows wireless printing directly from Bluetooth-enabled devices.
[September 12, 2003, 14:20]
New Standard Sets USB Free
News An industry group announced on Tuesday the release of a supplement to the USB standard that will enable devices to communicate directly with one other without the intervention of a PC. USB On-the-Go could allow an MP3 player to directly transfer...
[December 19, 2001, 11:09]
Intel To Expand BT Broadband Range
News The products will offer improvements over Intel's Intel Pro/DSL 3220 USB modem, which BTopenworld is using with its self-installation business broadband product. But both modems use USB connections for ease of installation, which can add excessive...
[March 1, 2002, 14:01]
Seagate FreeAgent Go review
Reviews The only connector on the front is a USB 2.0 powered port that connects the drive to your computer. The FreeAgent Go ships with a decent-length 1.2m USB cable; a docking station and a protective travel case are available as options.
[September 30, 2008, 8:51]
Nuggets: WebCam A Gogo Gets Memory Boost
News When plugged into your USB port, this little beauty will capture live video at either 15 (640x480) or 30 (352x288) frames per second, focusing up to two feet away. Oh and before you run off and buy one, it did take over half an hour to setup -- not...
[July 31, 2000, 17:12]
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX review
Reviews Housed in an external box that's a little larger than a handheld, the Audigy 2 NX requires a separate power cable and connects via USB 2.0. However, we did have to go online for a software update because the shipping drivers supported only 16-bit...
[February 18, 2004, 16:00]
Nuggets: Rock Balances Short Battery Life With Looks
News You don't lose out on the extras either with a six-speed DVD-ROM drive and a 56K modem, plus USB and infrared ports. USB and infrared ports www.Rockdirect.com It scores A grades for usability, looks and performance, only to blow the battery life exam.
[October 23, 2000, 15:03]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It's Windows 98 first edition - which has always had a problematic relationship with USB. Just very, very slowly - but it's USB 1. If you haven't, then you're best spared the utter teethgrinding tedium of debugging a USB problem.
[June 16, 2006, 18:50]
Gadgets For Christmas review
Reviews Of course, there’s a little bit of back and forth when you want to exchange documents with a Windows PC (via USB, infrared or wireless), but set that against the long battery life, two SD card expansion slots, ‘instant on’, wireless printing and...
[December 3, 2003, 10:45]
Weekend Detour, Vista To XP
Blog A typical symptom is that you plug in a USB disk driver which you have used before, and should be no problem, but this time you plug it into a different USB port than previous times. The largest problem was that the USB 2 controller on this laptop...
[November 26, 2007, 7:12]
Nuggets: Come On Baby Light My Graphire
News Installing the A6 device is extremely simple with a USB connection. Available with serial or USB interface With digital snaps widespread there's the increasingly common problem of how to make precise alterations and enhancements -- something made a...
[November 22, 2000, 8:26]
Nokia E71 review
Reviews It's definitely not a deal-breaker, just a minor inconvenience since you can't use the more widely used mini-USB accessories. The Nokia E71 comes packaged with an AC adapter, a USB cable, a wired headset, a 2GB microSD card, a protective pouch, a...
[July 4, 2008, 12:28]
Navman ICN 720 review
Reviews The left edge houses a connector for an external antenna, a power socket and a mini USB port, as well as an SD card slot that can be used for storing both maps and photos. As well as the windscreen mount, mains power charger and cigarette lighter...
[June 5, 2006, 16:30]
Apple IPod Mini review
Reviews An exposed slot on the bottom of the iPod Mini attaches to either a FireWire or USB 1.1/2.0 cable (both included) or the optional cradle, which connects to the AC adapter or a FireWire/USB port or directly to a stereo through the line-out jack.
[February 18, 2004, 7:00]
I-mate Ultimate 9502 review
Reviews This edge also houses a mini-USB connector for mains power and PC connectivity — and one other use, which we'll come to shortly. The Ultimate 9502 ships with a mains power charger with international plug adapters, a USB cable for PC connection, a...
[April 28, 2008, 13:31]
Evesham Axis 1200 DDR Ultra review
Reviews It has a 266MHz frontside bus, supports four USB ports and gives fine control over CPU clock speed. audio card occupies one of these slots on the Axis 1200 DDR Ultra, while the AMR modem and a card carrying two extra USB ports occupy two more...
[February 26, 2001, 23:00]
Palm Tungsten T3 review
Reviews Attached to the cradle is a standard USB cable for syncing to Windows PCs or Macs. Travellers will want to add a cradle-less USB cable that handles syncing and recharging. Design At first glance, the T3 looks like a near clone of its predecessor...
[October 2, 2003, 10:15]
