Belkin finally announces availability of Thunderbolt Express Dock, now shipping for $299

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Back in February, Belkin finally started accepting preorders for its much anticipated Thunderbolt Express Dock that was originally supposed to ship last September. Reports earlier this month noted that further delays meant the device would miss its new Q1 2013 launch date, but today Belkin has finally made things official announcing availability of the Thunderbolt Express Dock and posting the video above to its YouTube channel.

Belkin does have some competition now that it has waited to launch, including the popular Matrox Thunderbolt Docking station that we’ve been recommending and the new Sonnet Echo 15 Thunderbolt Dock. 

Belkin is selling the slightly reconfigured Thunderbolt Express Dock for $299.99 through Belkin.com. Retailers are expected to have stock by the end of April.

• Instant access to up to 8 desktop devices with one cable
• Cable-clutter-free design for a cleaner workstation
• 2 Thunderbolt™ ports (1 upstream, 1 downstream for daisy-chaining up to 5 additional Thunderbolt™ devices)
• 3 USB 3.0 ports
• 1 FireWire 800 port
• 1 Gigabit Ethernet port
• 1 3.5mm audio-out port
• 1 3.5mm audio-in port