CES 2009: iRiver's Wave-Home VOIP Phone [HD]

This is pure geeking-out: me exploring a VOIP phone/Web console from iRiver. It's a neat device, but there's no information yet on the pricing or availability.

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• 2009
• ces
• digital
• dunn
• home
• iriver
• jason
• phone
• thoughts
• voip
• wave

[dcolli11]

I only saw one finger on the screen so I guess you didn't test out to see if it had multi touch and hand gestures. I didn't really see where that would come in handy in the gui though.

[ThoughtsMedia]

Correct, I didn't test that - I doubt is has multi-touch.

- Jason

[browncash]

no i mean why would someone pay for this. it aint like its gonna be a comparable price to a normal phone. its likely gonna be a premium product. and seeing as u can get skype on a mobile with wi-fi or 3G for free then only a dick would spend the money for something that's less mobile.

i commend u for filmin it though. cos it is pretty cool. i'd deffo use it if i got one for free. maybe thats its market. maybe its the sort of thing u buy as a gift for someone u know who uses skype.

[ThoughtsMedia]

Will it cost more than a $9.99 phone at Wal-Mart? Yes, definitely. But I can see a lot of value in having a phone that has a Internet-connected display, can show me the weather, my calendar, etc. If the price is around $200, I might buy one. It would have to work with my current VOIP phone system though...

- Jason

[browncash]

why

[ThoughtsMedia]

Why would someone use a device like this? It's a replacement for a home phone system. Or why would I film it? I thought it looked cool. :-)

- Jason

[Antje14]

Could you review the Asus Eee Box?

That would be cool since i might gonna buy it.