Hasta La Gadget!

It may not be the first to come up with the bright idea of putting Android on a desk phone-esque device, but upstart Could Telecomputers may well be the most ambitious, with it boasting that its new Glass platform “makes the desk phone relevant again,” and is “smarter and more powerful than your ‘smart cell phone.'” To that end, the company has basically paired a full-fledged, 8-inch Android-based MID with a plain old corded phone, which will let you do things like dial numbers directly from your Outlook address book, pair up a cellphone via Bluetooth and, of course, take advantage of a whole range of Android apps that should put most other internet-connected desk phones to shame. As you probably picked up, however, this is still a platform and not an actual product just yet, but Cloud Telecomputers does have some pretty heavy backers behind it, and it “anticipates” that the first phones should be available sometime in the first quarter of 2010 for between $599 and $699.

[Via PR Newswire]

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Household

Cloud Telecomputers announces Android-based Glass platform for desk phones originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Opera has a little surprise in store for you this morning with its Opera Unite service. A web-based application built into the Opera browser that the Norwegian-based company says will “reinvent the Web” as it makes your computer, data, and media available via any web browser through the Unite cloud. A bold claim, sure, but just look at the breadth of the cloud-based services available to Mac, PC, or Linux/Unix users:

• File sharing — securely share files direct from your computer
• Web server — turns your home computer into a web server via Opera Unite URL
• Media player — direct link to your music collection from any web browser
• Photo sharing — shares your image library over the web without requiring a photo service
• Lounge — self-contained chat service running on your computer
• Fridge — a place where friends and family can post notes

We’re taking the service / software for a spin right now and at first blush, we’re duly impressed by the ease of setup and control. Hit the links below to try it for yourself. Video introduction after the break.

Read — Download
Read — Opera Unite press release

Continue reading Opera Unite: a cloud-based promise to ‘reinvent the web,’ again

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Opera Unite: a cloud-based promise to ‘reinvent the web,’ again originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Go ‘n get it! Microsoft’s My Phone service is now ready for all Windows Mobile users to test. The beta service syncs any Windows Mobile 6+ phone to Microsoft’s 200MB per person cloud. That includes contacts, calendars, tasks, photos, text messages, music, videos, and more. In essence, anything on the My Phone website is on the phone and vice versa. Hey free is free and this is a goodie.

[Via SlashPhone]

Filed under: Cellphones

Microsoft’s beta My Phone service for Windows Mobile now free to all originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 May 2009 04:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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