Any good USB keyboard with built in USB hub?

abovewood

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Any good USB keyboard with built in USB hub?

I already have such a keyboard by Dell, which has 2 USB ports and works good.

The price is about $30.

Any other cheaper but still godd one out there?
 

techfuzz

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Beware, any devices that a high power USB devices will not work off the USB hub in the keyboard, only low power devices. A simple 2-port powered hub would be better. BTW, Microsoft makes those keyboards with 2 USB ports in them or used to, I have one at home.

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abovewood

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It is mainly for my USB keychain drive.
It is much easier to plug it in to the keyboard.
 

HokieESM

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Originally posted by: abovewood
It is mainly for my USB keychain drive.
It is much easier to plug it in to the keyboard.

Try Dell S&P. They have one (I'm using one currently and my USB pen drive is plugged into it currently). It even comes in "stylish" black. IBM also makes one.. I think its the "Rapid Response Pro".

Techfuzz is right, though... don't plug in your powered peripherals into it, though--my Canon scanner doesn't like it. :)
 

abovewood

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I already have one of theose keybard by Dell and am wondering if there is a less expensive one.

The USB ports on the Dell keybard are on the back edge, I'd like the ports to be on the right edge.
 

techfuzz

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Originally posted by: abovewood
I already have one of theose keybard by Dell and am wondering if there is a less expensive one.

The USB ports on the Dell keybard are on the back edge, I'd like the ports to be on the right edge.
The ports are on the back edge of MS keyboards I have so you can scratch all those off your list.

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Firus

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I have a Viewsonic slim keyboard, it has a usb port on each side of the keyboard, which is cool. The real reason that I bought it is for the slim keys, they are amazing! It's like a laptop keyboard but fullsize, and really really quiet. Its a reasonable price too, I highly recommend it.
Here's a review
 

TheCorm

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Originally posted by: abovewood
It is mainly for my USB keychain drive.
It is much easier to plug it in to the keyboard.

My Logitech iTouch Multimedia keyboard has 2 USB ports....I'm sure it has been superseeded now but the latest one should have 2 USB ports too.

But...I was just thinking, are all USB Flash Drives 100mA??

Jamie