I have an iPod Touch and it's really cool. It looks a lot like an iPhone. The iPod Touch can be hacked to run most of the iPhone applications and they're basically the same gizmo. The article goes over how to take the iTouch to the next level, to make phone calls. Since the iTouch doesn't have a microphone it requires adding one. Since the iTouch doesn't have cellphone hardware, and it does have wifi hardware, the hack requires using a VOIP client to run over a wifi connection.
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It seems blu-ray burners are available for computers including RW versions (meaning read-writable blu-ray disks). However the blank disks are $25-50 per disk, rather pricey. An example is the "Sony BWU200S DVD+/-RW Blu-ray Disc Serial ATA (SATA) Drive" ... the drive itself is pricey. It would appear sometime real soon now the prices will fall and it appears as that happens we'll have a different option for semi-archival that is more suitable for modern data needs. |
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Samsung BD-P1400 Reviews: C|NET Excellent video quality and features. Has a LAN port for updating firmware. Bad: "The BD-P1400 only supports Blu-ray Profile 1.0, which means it won't play some special features on discs coming out in 2008." They found some video quality issues in certain standard tests. Amazon Item:
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This discusses a fairly normal looking digital camera with typical features. There are a couple interesting features. First is bi-directional communication over either Bluetooth or WiFi connections. As you shoot pictures they can be automatically loaded into an external device, presumably a photo "vault" device that has bluetooth in it. The other feature this offers is for the camera to receive NMEA compatible GPS data over bluetooth. The camera also supports a directly connected GPS unit. And the camera can record GPS derived location data into every picture you take. Article Reference:
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