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Gadgets
4:27PM Nick Broughall | Sadly I don’t think there’ll be too much time for me to spend quality time with fun gadgets this weekend – I’m about three weeks from fatherhood, so it’s all about the last minute baby gadgets. Although I reckon I’m going to try to spend a few sly moments with the Livespeakr… More »
Weekend Gadgets: Livespeakr And Philips Baby Monitor
4:27PM Nick Broughall | Sadly I don’t think there’ll be too much time for me to spend quality time with fun gadgets this weekend – I’m about three weeks from fatherhood, so it’s all about the last minute baby gadgets. Although I reckon I’m going to try to spend a few sly moments with the Livespeakr… More » 
Hardware
2:09PM Nick Broughall | It looks like iiNet has actually put a little bit of effort into their latest modem/router offering, and we don’t just mean the awesome name ‘BoB’. More »
iiNet’s BoB Modem/Router Is The Best Named Gadget Ever
2:09PM Nick Broughall | It looks like iiNet has actually put a little bit of effort into their latest modem/router offering, and we don’t just mean the awesome name ‘BoB’. More »
Phones
12:47PM Nick Broughall | We all know that home phones are disappearing into that wonderful void known only as obsolescence, but until all the baby-boomers and their tech-fearing ways die off, we’re stuck with companies trying to come up with different ways to make DECT phones exciting for old people. Which is probably why this Telstra Colombo cordless phone is both a) named after an old, decrepit detective with a face in a permanent state of strainage and b) they made it red (although it also comes in black). More »
Telstra Colombo DECT Phone: Because Home Phones Are Still Cool If They’re Red
12:47PM Nick Broughall | We all know that home phones are disappearing into that wonderful void known only as obsolescence, but until all the baby-boomers and their tech-fearing ways die off, we’re stuck with companies trying to come up with different ways to make DECT phones exciting for old people. Which is probably why this Telstra Colombo cordless phone is both a) named after an old, decrepit detective with a face in a permanent state of strainage and b) they made it red (although it also comes in black). More »
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Plantronics Calisto Pro Can Do Skype, Landline and Cellphone
3:30AM Jason Chen | This Plantronics Calisto Pro set takes your standard Bluetooth headset and adds in landline and Skype dialing, which means you get the big three (Skype, home, cell) all in one dorky-looking device. The base station has a USB connector to hook into your PC for Skype and Yahoo calls, a DECT 6.0 handset to handle landline calls, and the headset to connect to both these plus a cellphone. The price for all this convenience while you work at home in your underpants? $279 starting September. [PRnewswire via Web Worker Daily] More »
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12:09PM Seamus Byrne | Got a great tip-off from Netcomm on their update to the orgasmic NB9W ADSL2/2+ router. It’s won badges from PC Authority, CNET, APC, PC User, NetGuide, and PC Powerplay. Man, maybe we need to come up with a badge to splash around the place.
The NB12WD adds support for DECT handsets to the already long list of supported features—WLAN, VoIP w/ QoS support, 4-port Ethernet, etc. So you’ll be able to run all your home phones through this without plugging in lots of phone hubs and things. It does all the hard work so you just need the cordless handsets.
I use one of the NB9W units myself, and it is great. Adding DECT handsets into the mix sounds like a very nice feature update to me. They haven’t mentioned if they’ve added Gigabit Ethernet support, but you’d think they’d say if they were.
More cool stuff on their list of new kit, including standa-alone Skype / DECT phones, and the 200Mbps update to their powerline networking Homeplug. We’ll check it all out when we hit their stand. -Seamus Byrne
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CeBIT sneak peek: Netcomm’s NB12WD
12:09PM Seamus Byrne | Got a great tip-off from Netcomm on their update to the orgasmic NB9W ADSL2/2+ router. It’s won badges from PC Authority, CNET, APC, PC User, NetGuide, and PC Powerplay. Man, maybe we need to come up with a badge to splash around the place.
The NB12WD adds support for DECT handsets to the already long list of supported features—WLAN, VoIP w/ QoS support, 4-port Ethernet, etc. So you’ll be able to run all your home phones through this without plugging in lots of phone hubs and things. It does all the hard work so you just need the cordless handsets.
I use one of the NB9W units myself, and it is great. Adding DECT handsets into the mix sounds like a very nice feature update to me. They haven’t mentioned if they’ve added Gigabit Ethernet support, but you’d think they’d say if they were.
More cool stuff on their list of new kit, including standa-alone Skype / DECT phones, and the 200Mbps update to their powerline networking Homeplug. We’ll check it all out when we hit their stand. -Seamus Byrne
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