I didn’t expect to be surprised by innovation in a USB hub, but the Belkin TetraHub’s ability to split up one of its USB 2.0 channels to allow USB 1.1 devices to suckle at a full 12Mbit/s is impressive. On normal USB hubs, bandwidth is shared between each device, so that each added device impedes the whole. This is still the case for USB 2.0 devices on the TetraHub, but the ability to leverage the increased bandwidth to squeeze usefulness from the older technology is laudable. EverythingUSB has a full review.
