Since USB 3.0 has become the new standard, Sanwa has rolled out the USB Hub specifically made for USB 3.0. Codenamed as USB-HGW410B, it’s a USB 3.0 SuperSpeed HU that provides 4 ports of USB 3.0 with backward compatibility with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1.

Sanwa USB-HGW410B USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Hub featuring VIA’s VL810 USB 3.0 chip to ensure there is no slowing down on 4 of the ports, and this USB 3.0 Hub is going to support most OSes including Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Mac OS x 10.4 or later.

Sanwa USB-HGW410B USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Hub is now available in Japan. Sadly, GeekStuff4U haven’t stock this product yet. But when it has become available there, it should cost you $77 (6,480 Yen) a pop.

[via winarco]

Sanwa USB-HGW410B USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Hub
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I’m not sure if you care or not, USB ports tend to get dirty easily (depend on your environment). Sometimes, the accumulated dusts in the USB port may cause error or malfunction on the USB device that has been connected to the USB port. So, it’s advisable to clean the ports regular or once you’ve seen a thick dusts nested inside the port.

Cleaning by hand or fingers is impossible, there are a lot of useful cleaning kit for computer and laptop, but I haven’t seen any solution that is as effective as this USB port cleaner from Sanwa.

Sanwa USB port cleaner gives us the dedicated solution for USB port cleansing, where you are only need plug-unplug several times to clean the inner side as clean as a brand new one.

Though the plug-unplug activity might not really clean the very end of the USB port corners, at least it can clean the important parts to solve bad connection issue. Sanwa USB port cleaner is small, designed like a flash drive and you only need to pay $17 to get one.

Interested? Head over to Brando for more details.

[via Winarco]

Clean Your Dirty USB Ports With Sanwa USB Port Cleaner!
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10-port USB Hub is not a special gadget anymore after seeing the 16-port and 49-port USB hub. However, this Japanese version of 10-port USB hub is pretty cool looking and looks very familiar with our power strips that lying down there on the floor. It even gets a ON/OFF button that turn the device into the twins of power strips. This is certainly interesting.

The 10-port USB hub will not trying to draw power from a single USB or dual USB port on your PC because the device did come with its own AC adapter to browse power directly from the source.

The downside of this 10-port USB hub should be the space between ports. It should be wider because once you stuffed them full, you’ll have a hard time pulling one port without disturbing others.

Another downside is the ON/OFF button that is a dummy feature I guess. Let’s say I want to turn off my external hard drive to safe energy without turning off webcam. What should I do then? Oh, I should pull the cable, right?

Then? what’s the use of the ON/OFF button after all? I guess this gadget is not designed with eco-friendly in mind… plugged gadgets often cause energy leak whether you realize or not.

[4,980 Yen via TechChee]

10-port USB Hub that Share to Look of Power Strips
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Sanwa recently has released an unique USB keyboard coded as 400-SKB005. It’s not only can Light up with a push of a buttons (illuminating the keys), the keyboard also has built-in dual stereo 1.5W speakers at the front top side. It also has two height adjustment using the legs at rear side, hot keys to adjust volume, and buttons to turn speakers on/off. Sanwa 400_SKB005 is already available for 7,980 yen (about $85) in Japan. No words though whether they will release it outside of the Rising Sun Country…

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Sanwa USB Keyboard with Built-in Speakers and Blue Illumination
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This Sanwa 32GB Flash drive has a similar feature as Silicon Power 64GB Flash drive. They both have dual interface of USB and eSATA connector.

Sanwa 600-UZ16G(16GB) and 600-UZ32G(32GB) are the two models set to be released in Japan first. I’m not sure when this stuff is gonna come out of Japan, but it’s not always needed to wait for it. I believe manufacturers in US will start their quest into producing this type of Dual interface flash drive because beside it can double the current transfer speed, eSATA is also a raising trend in 2009.

No price detail on Sanwa flash drive yet, but it should be below $100.

(AkihabaraNews via TechFresh)

Sanwa 32GB Flash Drive: USB and eSATA interface
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