Insent released a MCE-based media center - Julia All-in-One Touch Extender. The media center uses improved touchscreen functionality. It allows to control media via touchscreen without keyboard or mouse.
The unit is packed by a 17-inch widescreen display, along with a CD/DVD drive, TV and FM tuners, 80GB hard drive, and Ethernet and WiFi capabilities. Neither are price nor availability.
[via Engadget]
Philips drops a cordless VoIP841 phone. As usual, the phone is accompanied by a remote DECT base station that plugs into both the broadband connection and the traditional phone line. So, it handles both Skype and ordinary calls in one phone. The VoIP841 has a color screen and stylish design. But, unlike many others Skype-phones, the VoIP841 doesn’t need a PC. It needs just an Internet connection. It’s possible becuase the phone uses Linux as its embedded OS.
The phone will be available this Autumn. The price is not listed yet.
[via Engadget and LinuxDevices]
The ZIOVA Clearstream™ CS510 is a High Definition network media Player. It gives three connectivity options: wireless networking, Ethernet wired networking and USB 2.0 hard drive connection. The unit handles playback music and video as well:
The CS510’s music playback capability handles all the formats enthusiasts have longed for, including the high definition FLAC lossless compressed format, OGG, AAC (commonly used in Apple iTunes**), MP3, Windows Media Audio 9, CD Audio and others.
Video playback is also astonishingly comprehensive. The CS510 handles playback in Windows Media Video 9, XviD, Nero Digital™, MPEG-4, QuickTime MPEG-4, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, and other formats.
Additionally, CS510 may display weather information and stream Internet radio stations if it ’s connected to the Internet.
The media player can be integrated with two commercial media servers: TwonkyVision or Windows Media Connect.
Once I already wrote about a new Sony Internet Tablet Mylo (short for “My Life Online”). It seems that Sony turned his face to Linux. The first was Vaio UX Micro PC with Linux version. The second is Mylo which is also based on Linux (Trolltech’s Qtopia Platform). In my mind it’s good for quality and price when there’s a choice on the market.
Sony release Mylo this September. After that Nokia will have a competitor. So, let’s see how it’ll be.
[via LinuxDevices]
Isys i/O TPMC-4X handheld WiFi touchpanel is more than universal remote control. It’s the first handheld touchpanel controller that offers true 2-way WiFi communication to control AV, lighting, HVAC, shades and screens from anywhere in the building. TPMC-4X comes with an interesting user interface that uses dynamic graphics and system status feedback. The controller features: