10-port USB Hub Bar for Utilitarians

We know what you are thinking. Why would anyone (even a geek) need a USB hub that closely resembles a utilitarian power strip? The 10-port USB hub you see here doesn't have much of a design. It can easily trip over with all your USB cables are connected and weight leans on one side. The USB ports are also too close together so large USB dongles such as USB TV stick and a large capacity flash drive cannot be plugged next to each other.

There's one thoughtful eco-feature - the ability to selectively turn on and off power for ports from 1 to 6 and from 7 to 10. So you can you have the first 6 ports connected to PC-centric peripherals while the last 4 ports reserved for cellphone, camera and MP3 player chargers. The purpose of this feature is to eliminate vampire power wasted when PC is off. This is another Japan-exclusive USB gadget, and it goes for 4,980 yen.

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