Just when you thought the landline was dying a slow, predictable death, here’s something that could help delay or even stop the inevitable!
Enter Open Peak’s Home Media phone with guess what? An Intel Atom processor inside! What has a home phone got to do with an Intel Atom processor? Precisely our thoughts when we first heard of this. So here we go.
OpenPeak’s latest gizmo can be termed a basic VoIP handset and a base station – but the package offers a whole lot more than any standard home phone on sale today. To start with, this looks nothing like a home-phone, until you see the virtual keypad. The computer-like, touch screen interface uses its own flash-based Operating System. Then there is the option to connect this with home automation software to control household electronics. The UI and the icons although iPhone like -- is said to be a breeze to use and folks at Gizmodo has come out with rave reviews. And yes, the base unit has a speakerphone as well!
The device has an RSS reader but strangely, no web browser. This anomaly could be easily fixed considering that the API is available with developers who will come out with a large set of applications.
Open Peak revealed that this could be on sale as early as January 2009. No details regarding the price – as of now.
2 comments:
Good Lord! an Intel processor in a landline? yummy! How long before it hits India?
Varun, I do doubt this would ever land up here..Let the VoIP services here open up a bit more.. then maybe it will!
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