All,
I received first prototype of a USB Host Shield based on MAX3421E. If anyone is interested, two most recent posts at http://www.circuitsathome.com talk about the project.
Ideas, suggestions, critique are most welcome.
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What's happened to this? It seems like a brilliant idea 
Mowcius
I got revision 1.0 released, details here -> http://www.circuitsathome.com/mcu/programming/usb-host-shield-in-the-store I also have some progress in software development for the shield, announced here -> http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1241065918/15#15
Ok, cool, I will be purchasing one of those then...
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Mowcius