Belkin Shows New Thunderbolt Dock at CES

Belkin has unveiled details about its upcoming Thunderbolt Express Dock. The dock is on display at the company’s booth at CES 2012.

MacDailyNews reports:

The Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock (US$299) enables MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini users and Ultrabook sufferers to instantly access multiple desktop peripherals with one cable. The dock allows users to simultaneously connect to multiple USB devices, watch movies in Full HD 1080p, transfer volumes of data in seconds, and view online content at gigabit Ethernet speeds. The dock provides an easy transition from a desktop workstation to unrestricted mobile productivity.

In the press release Martin Avilla, general manager of Belkin’s Core Business Unit said, “People purchase MacBook Airs and Ultrabooks for ultimate portability, but constantly plugging-in and unplugging numerous cable-connected peripherals is an annoying and time consuming ordeal. The Thunderbolt Express Dock provides a much-needed solution that creates a cleaner, faster, more productive workspace and reliable connectivity to desktop devices and the Internet.”

Features of the new dock include:

• Quickly connects into a desktop workstation and instantly accesses multiple devices with a single cable
• Adds reliable, gigabit Ethernet connectivity to your laptop
• Includes three USB 2.0 ports, one Firewire 800 port, one HDMI port, one 3.5mm Audio port, one gigabit Ethernet port and two Thunderbolt ports (one upstream and one downstream) for daisy-chaining to another Thunderbolt compatible device.
• Utilizes Thunderbolt Technology for data transfer rates of up to 10Gbps bi-directionally

The Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock will be available in September 2012.