D-Link Shipping Wireless Mobile Helper

D-Link has started to ship a mobile AP/storage sharer announced at CES.

The DIR-505 All-in-One Mobile Companion introduced at January’s Consumer Electronics show is a single-stream 802.11b/g/n travel router with USB 2.0 port for drive sharing and device charging.

D-Link DIR-505 All-in-One Mobile Companion

With D-Link’s SharePort Mobile app for iOS and Android, you can play, view and otherwise access files stored on attached USB storage.

A 10/100 Ethernet port even lets you share an Ethernet connection via an Access Point mode. The device also supports wireless repeater and "HotSpot modes" selectable via the switch shown in the photo above.

D-Link DIR-505 ports

The DIR-505 is out now for $69.99 MSRP.

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