Kensington ShareCentral lets you share USB devices between computers
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Tags: Kensington, USB, USB Hub
Kensington has announced the launch of a USB sharing device product called ShareCentral that shares up to five USB peripheral devices between any two computers with an easy press of a button.
“ShareCentral is a great example of our smart made simple design philosophy,” said Frederic Frappereau, Global Product Marketing Manager at Kensington. “Everyone is mobile. Then they bring the day’s data, photos and music back to one shared, usually cramped, home computing center which the entire family needs to access in those few hours between dinnertime and bedtime. Up until now, they spent that precious time switching out cords and cables to connect their computers to their peripherals. Now with ShareCentral, they can focus on sharing the content, to produce creative results of which they all can be proud.”
The key features of ShareCentral are as follows:
- Share up to five different USB peripherals – Users gain instant access to their USB peripherals by plugging one simple USB cable into their computers and the LED lights on the product indicate which computer has access to the device.
- Easy printer sharing - Switch the printer between your computers with the press of a button. The automatic print sharing will detect and automatically switch to the computer that is trying to print. This features works on XP and Vista only.
- One button operation - All the USB ports can be controlled using a button can be assigned to either of the connected computer.
The ShareCentral product comes in 3 different models. ShareCentral 1 that lets two computers share a printer or any USB device, ShareCentral 2 that supports upto two USB devices and ShareCentral 5 supporting up to any five USB peripherals.
The suggested price for ShareCentral 1 is $39.99, ShareCentral 2 is $59.99 and ShareCentral 5 is $79.99 and will be available at major retailers at the end of the month. For more info and complete selection of Kensington ShareCentral products, check out this page.
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