Computer peripherals maker Planex Communications has announced new prices for two of their USB hub products: the PL-UH300W(hite) and B(lack), a three-port straight-through USB dongle; and the PL-UH0401W and B, a five-port hub with short upstream cable (that goes in the USB port on a computer); will all be available for 1,000 JPY, down from 1,200 and 1,600 respectively.

My Corporate Strategy professor would have a field day with this news. “What is their unique competitive advantage?”