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Azentek nav-equipped SmartMirror coming end of year

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 by admin

Everything is in line to be a convergence device, and now the boring rear view mirror has stepped under the lights to get stuffed with extra equipment. The Azentek SmartMirror has a four-inch touchscreen on the right for a 2D and 3D text-to-speech GPS display. It’s also offers Bluetooth connectivity, a call log, and caller ID. It has two video inputs, one that can be used for a rear view camera, and an SD card slot in case you want to record… well, whatever you might want to record with your rear view mirror.

The only thing missing from the mirror is availability — it’s been so popular that Azentek can’t supply enough of them. The company says that will change later this year when you’ll be able to get it at major retailers. The other potential hitch: it’ll cost you $800 to do what your phone, TomTom, and regular mirror already do.

Ozmo / Intel trumpet WiFi PAN for low-power devices, Bluetooth claims “what?”

Sunday, June 15th, 2008 by admin

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Look out, Bluetooth — Ozmo Devices has its eyes set squarely on you. Okay, so perhaps such gargantuan truth sucker as adversarial as advertised, but there is no denying the current the aforesaid company’s fresh legislation is planning to goal the precise same devices the present BT is embedded over now. Ozmo has announced a partnership investing in Intel at Computex the are able to provide the latter company’s Cliffside WiFi Personal Area Network (PAN) technology to “low-power devices.” Essentially, WiFi radios who completely stink a reduced amount of juice nowadays will take on double roles — accessing WLAN networks and working at the duties for the most part reserved for Bluetooth — that might enable devices to hold one a reduced number of element stuffed through bulking conditions up. As of now, there is continued no takers on the design, but word on the street has Belkin currently testing the process out for kicks and giggles (or perhaps somewhat way a larger number of serious).