Vonage to Offer Calling Cards With 200 Free Minutes
Vonage will start offering calling cards loaded with around 200 free minutes, according to a daisy chain of well placed, yet anonymous sources. (“So oooo hot,” said one member in the chain.) Apparently Vonage wants to target homesick business travelers who want to continue to use their home phone number while away from their base…
Voice Activated Answering Machine: Americans Only
Imagine… an answering machine that responds to the sound of your voice. Impossible, you say? Hardly. Able to store 60 messages in its built-in memory, this answering machine can be trained to respond to multiple voices, so the whole family can enjoy listening to messages. (We call that “quality time,” ’round here.) Phrases like “play…
Sharp Includes Blu-ray Player With 7.1 Audio System, Price Hits $9K
Got nearly $9,000 to blow on a potentially doomed video format and flashy audio system combination? Good thing, because Sharp will release in Japan this June the BD-MPC70 BD 1-Bit Theater Aquos Audio System, a 7.1-channel speaker set with a built-in Blu-ray player. Fantastic name aside, this system could be hampered by its inclusion of…
Nokia 7373 Special Edition: Redesigned With Care By Some Fashion Dude
Nokia’s 7373 first crossed our radar last summer and met criticism for being little more than “style over substance.” The cellphone returns with the help of fashion designer Giambattista Valli, whose genius transforms the phone into the Nokia 7373 Special Edition. Yeah, I’ve never heard of him either. Nokia added no new features to the…
MPMan Blade Portable Audio Player: Cue Silly Runway Model Comparisons
I swear, the number of people that compare the Blade portable MP3 player to dangerously skinny fashion models boggles my mind. Monkey see, monkey do, I suppose. Anyhow, this little guy’s biggest draw just so happens to be its small size, measuring 7mm (0.27 in., or 0.01 thicker than the iPod nano) and weighing 7g…