Excuse me as I reply to myself (), but I wanted to let everyone know that this plug does work and works great, even without running USBControl. The plug was $6.99, but shipping was a little bit of a ripoff since the cheapest shipping method is priority mail at $5+. Most of us are geeky nerds anyway -- just order a couple more cables to fill up the box a bit more and make the shipping charges worth it. Bought it on 6/25, received it today, 6/29. They're in California and I'm in Florida. Clearly, they ship quickly.

So far I've tried and successfully used:

1. USB hard drive (external power).
2. 4GB memory stick
3. 8GB SDHC card in a card reader
4. nMediaPC wireless RF keyboard/mouse (the mouse doesn't work, of course, but the keyboard works great!)
5. Panasonic FZ50 digital camera

Once my teenager returns home with the car, I'll pull the GPS tracker out of it and try it in USB mode (like a GPS mouse) to see if I can get a faster link on an external GPS.

Anyway, it works if you want to go that route. It's kinda nice having it just be a plug, but I could also see how a short corded dongle would be nice, too.

-- Chris