Hasta La Gadget!

Growing up, there were three things that I wanted to possess so badly I could hardly stand it. One was the General Lee, the other was Heather Thomas, and the third was a refrigerator that had a soft drink dispenser in the door. I don’t think I expected too much. While I’ve grown out of the General Lee phase, and Heather Thomas isn’t as good looking as she once was, I still really want that refrigerator that dispenses Dr. Pepper out of door.

I’ve been waiting for someone to come up with this device for years and it looks like Samsung is now only a small step away from making my soft drink dreams come true.

Samsung has unveiled a four-door refrigerator that dispenses sparkling water from the door. The sparkling water portion of the refrigerator is courtesy of SodaStream and uses a 60L CO2 cylinder concealed inside of the refrigerator door.

The refrigerator has a button on the front next to the ice and normal water dispensers that allow users to choose from three different carbonation levels for their sparkling water. The refrigerator is model number RF31FMESBSR and will launch in the US this April for $3899(USD). Dreams certainly don’t come cheap.

All I need is this refrigerator, a big box of Dr. Pepper syrup, and some ingenuity and I will possess my dream. I wonder if Heather Thomas can drive the General Lee over to help me. I think my wife will understand.

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Facebook and Vine were just the beginning — you should have known that. Especially once the biggest social network in the world started dipping its toes in the VoIP pool. Skype isn’t about to let others encroach on its hard won territory without a fight. The Microsoft-owned messaging platform has started testing what amounts to a video voicemail feature on OS X, Android and iOS, something that had already been hinted at in its updated TOS. Why those operating systems at first, without any word about Windows or Windows Phone, we’re unsure. But it’s a safe bet Redmond’s own platforms will get the feature sooner rather than later. Currently users in the US and UK should be seeing the option, just dig a bit as it might be hidden behind a more actions or overflow icon, as it is on Android. Customers are getting 20 free video messages to start, though we weren’t able to wrangle any further details out of the company regarding pricing.

(Update: While we still have some unanswered questions regarding pricing, Skype did say that unlimited voice messaging will be included as part of a premium subscription.)

(Update 2: A Skype spokesperson reached out to us with the following statement about availability:

“Users in these markets across all Windows desktop and mobile platforms can receive messages, too. We will have send capability in Windows by end of April. In the meantime, we continue to test this new feature in its early release.”

April isn’t ideal, but it’s better than nothing.)

Filed under: Internet, Software, Mobile, Microsoft

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