M.I.C. Gadget is no stranger to having their collective skulls smashed together by Cupertino’s lawyers with a Three Stooges-style acoustic cacophony of coconuts colliding, and I’m sure that’s what is going to happen here with the iHub: a third-party hub that not only looks like a little Apple TV sticking out of your USB port, but actually featuring the official Apple logo.
Trust be told, I actually kind of wish Apple made a USB hub like this. The little Apple logo lights up when the hub is plugged in, and the square Apple TV shape means that you never have to worry about your USB ports rubbing their male connectors shamefully together. Even the box is cute: it looks just like the iPod Nano box! Maybe Apple will make something like this for Thunderbolt.
$10 will get you one, if Apple doesn’t sue MIC Gadget into a juicy paste before you click the order button. [via Gadget Lab]
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
16 responses to “iHub Is The Shameless Trademark Infringing USB Hub Your Mac Deserves”
What is really important here is that your male USB cables don’t touch. I’m glad you were able to get that little bit of anti-gay in there.
TRUTH be told Brownlee. Not trust.
I thought you had visited England and had some respect for the language.
Slight latent homophobic undertones too perhaps?
How many ports does it have?
You are a homophobic limey; it seems.
I just farted.
Depends whether you buy the male or female version. ;)
Sorry about that. Couldn’t resist.
I would recommend either editing your homophobic post or remove it entirely.
Ihub still excist.
Bout before , and ordered 10 more from seller yesterday.