USB On-the-Go Go Go Go

Posted by Hemos on Tuesday October 1, 2002 @04:13AM from the swap-those-files-biznatch dept.

abhikhurana writes " There is an interesting article on CNET about a new USB standard called USB On-the-Go. Apparently this new technology is an offshoot of USB2 and it can remove the limitation of the master slave operation of normal USB devices, where you need a Host PC (the Master) to talk with the peripherals (the slaves). So using this, theoretically you can print using your digital camera directly on your printer or maybe connect two PDAs together to exchange some files. One thing that the article doesn't mention though is the speed one can expect from such a connection. If its as fast as USB2 then I think it can also act as the replacement for NICs for interconnecting two PCs. But considering that many wireless technologies like bluetooth offer similar opertational capabilities,albeit they are much slower, can USB On-the-Go really be a success? "

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Not anytime soon... by dodongo · 2002-10-01 05:11 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I'm not sure I see the potential for this anywhere on a practical level. Gee, we can link our PDAs with a cable instead of IR. How convenient!

And besides, I have a USB cradle for my PDA, and it's so fast I often wonder if the little man inside there is out for a smoke or something. PDA-PDA transfer would still be slower than all-get-out even with a physical connection because that's just how fast the damn things move data.

Yeah, maybe it could replace NICs. But NICs have been integrated hardware on a mobo for a long time, and everybody's got one, and you can get things for $10 as it is. Hell, I have three in the room here!

Oh! I got it! We could make USB PRINTERS! Like, printers that print through USB!

What's that? We already have those too?

Shoot.