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Uniden UIP1869V Vonage phone review

May 8, 2006

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Uniden UIP1869V Box shot

Uniden Firewall Web interface

Uniden came across my rant on my Vonage hang-up fast-busy problem and they noticed I was using a Uniden 5.8GHz TRU8885-2 phone system. They offered to send me a Uniden UIP1869V which is nearly identical in functionality to the TRU8885-2 with the added bonus that it comes preloaded with support for Vonage. They also sent me a Uniden UIP160P Packet8 Compatible 5.8GHz phone system which I will review at a later date.

I actually almost purchased the Vonage-enabled UIP1869V but the base station on the UIP1869V is corded - not cordless and I prefer cordless phones for all of my phones. Of course, both the TRU8885-2 and the UIP1869V both support up to 10 handsets, so I could have chosen the UIP1869V and simply purchased an extra handset.

In any event, let me tell ya, the Uniden UIP1869V isn't your momma's home phone system!

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SafetyMate Is the PHIZ Winner

May 3, 2006

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Gadgets Fest 2006: DigitalLife 2006 Is Coming

April 24, 2006

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Airplanes as Gadgets? Consider This ...

April 5, 2006

Is it fair to think of an airplane as a giant gadget? Had this thought yesterday as I traveled back on a short (how about overnight) trip to Atlanta to meet with some of the engineers at Turner Entertainment and CNN and see and hear about the future of broadcast, content creation and content delivery firsthand.

Seems we had a little trouble on the Delta flight down – one of the landing gear doors won’t shut – wheels stayed down – so we had to land at JFK after taking off from LaGuardia (some of you know how silly it sounds to take off from one NYC airport and land at another).

Anyway, once on the ground, the maintenance crew swapped out a board (doesn’t that sound like computer hardware to you?) and then the pilot had to wait for his navigation system to be reset (doesn’t that sound like software to you?).

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A Gadget-Filled Spring?

March 17, 2006

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TIME Magazine Hottest Gadgets for 2006

March 14, 2006

Lights red or blue depending on water temperature. Never scald yourself again!

Sanyo Xacti Hi-Def (high definition) tape-less camcorder

Mercedes Benz S550 Radar assisted Night Vision

WowWee SCOTY robot is a camera and Wi-Fi equipped butler who sits in your living room, obeying voice commands to play specific music, read new e-mail and even report intruders.

Intel Tray Table laptop design lets you pull the screen forward from behind the keyboard and even raise the screen to eye level.

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A Gadgets Hall of Fame -- Hey, Why Not?

March 13, 2006

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Just How Do Those Gadgets Show Up in Movies?

March 10, 2006

Did� you ever wonder how gadgets wind up in your favorite movie or TV show. Well, this "product placement" is� not as innocent an occurrence as you� might think. This from George Simkowski, vice president of SportsLoop, writing on TalentZoo.com:

"I’m generally recognized for being one of the originators of product placement. In 1960 I was the Advertising Manager of Webcor, a Chicago Company manufacturing tape recorders and phonographs.

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Samsung B600 10-Megapixel camera phone

March 9, 2006

Samsung B600 10 Megapixel phone launched at CeBIT. The Samsung B600 is an amazing piece of technology. It has more mexapixels than many high-end single-purpose digital cameras and it doubles as a cell phone. Convergence at its best!

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Lots of Gadgets on eBay! (But Can You Guess How Many?)

March 9, 2006

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