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A Universal Remote via the iTouch
Walt Mossberg reviewed the Peel in today's issue of the Wall Street Journal , a device that turns the iPhone into a universal remote control via a WiFi and a Zigbee-connected infrared blaster. One advantage to this approach is there is no hardware additions to the actual iPhone or iTouch. This device will be available on the Apple…
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The Evolution of the Portable Media Player
[Note: Added 9/6/15 – the above player, which is empty, is an example of what happens when a streaming video service goes out of business. Unfortunately, there are probably a couple hundred videos like this on the ViodiTV site, as finding them and fixing them was very labor intensive.] Way back in July 2002, Archos…
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Invisible Network Management
Andy Melder of Gigle Networks talks about the importance of having network intelligence at the device level to make network management invisible to the end user at the June 2010, Parks Associates Connections Conference. Gigle Networks made the news yesterday,….
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Find the Tablet
Jeffrey Powers and Roger Bindl team for this interview with Sprint at 4G World demonstrating the Samsung Galaxy Tab, a 3G, Android 2.2 device that will launch November 14, 2010. In this video, a Sprint Overdrive WiFi hotspot served up wireless Internet via 4G. Although it is a cool device, integration of the 4G capability…
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The Surface Computer – Just Scratching the Surface?
[10/26/2012 update: The above video was published on June 4, 2007, about 3 weeks before the release of the first iPhone. This video combined various news release footage from Microsoft to describe a table-size device Microsoft called Surface. It also made fun of the potential implications of new technology by looking back to get a…
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The Video Phone Is Here!
[Added 3/21/20 – Note, the above interview was filmed in December 2004 and has been on the Viodi.com website in the form of WMV files since then. This is being uploaded to YouTube now, as this footage has historical value since 8×8 and Bryan Martin were pioneers in creating a video telephone priced for the…
