At CES this year, two devices caught my eye.
The first was the iRiver Wave Home while the second is the new BenQ N Screen.
Why? Because these are phones and video communications devices which also do a few other things well. In my view we continue to see product divergence occurring, not convergence.
The announcements from OpenPeak and Touch Revolutions are also interesting, especially they are platforms that other consumer elctronics companies make useful products.
The convergence is in the Voip. The Video is an added feature.
I use an ACN Iris 3000.
I sell them on my Website: http://jaccard.acnrep.com
What I really like is I bought a 2 Gig USB stick from Staples and loaded 2 CD’s of pictures and still downloaded more from my PC onto the phone. It is ip based and in my living room running a slideshow when not in use. Its also great for my conference calls as it has a speaker phone. So with Voip, Video and speakerphone, I have everything I need for my home office. I can also take it with me when I travel and keep my local number.
Also see Hardwareautomation.com
Andy,
There was more at CES than the iRiver. I gave a roundup of the devices I saw there on TMCnet.
And yes – all of these devices do more than video conferencing.
Regards,
Tsahi