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Editors Note: I would love to point to the website right now of ThinkOptics and the Wavit, but for the last few days it’s been reporting a trojan on the site. Therefore, no links will be given at this time.

When I scanned through North Hall, I found a lot of cool new products out there. This one was the most impressive. Not only could it turn your iPod or iPhone into a presentation remote, it could also turn it into a fully functional remote control.

The device is called WavIT from ThinkOptics. They have made presentation devices before, but this one you can plug your Apple device in and use it as a presentation device. Use the pointer, draw on the screen or flip through a Powerpoint.

But the more impressive item was it could turn into a fully functional universal remote control. You can download profiles for most remotes for your TV, Stereo, DVD, DVR or other device through their website. Don’t see the remote on there? That’s O.K. You can also make your own remote by taking a picture and setting hotspots.

Jeffrey Powers talks with Anders about this great product. It can control a Mac, PC, PS3, XBox or Linux box by plugging in the USB cord. No software is installed. There is even a Voice control for Window 7 – All for $80. Not a bad pricepoint.

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2008 – TiVO and Research in Motion (RIM) announce they will collaborate to give people another option to record their favorite shows. Coming soon, you would be able to set your DVR and review schedules right from your Blackberry device. That way if you forget to set your recorder, you can call up the application and make the change.

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I saw you back in Comdex in 83 – You were a exciting new technology – a marvel to me with a touchscreen.

Ohhhh, ohhh

But times have changed and you are now put to the side – the integration with the phone makes it real nice – and you get tossed in the scrap pile to die.

Ohhh, ohhh

I used your applications

ohhh, ohhh

And all your revelations….

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I did have a PDA. I had a few of them. Palm, iPaq, Axim and a host of others. However, 2 years ago I got my first Smartphone. That pretty much put my last PDA to the side.

Earlier in the week I read the article “5 things the Smartphone Killed“. While I am not in total agreeance of the list just yet, I do agree on a lot of their items and I can see the Smartphone can totally engulf all the item replacements. Read the rest of this entry »

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I saw this as I was driving out of my local YMCA on Wed. It was sad to see these items at the curb, but it also shows me how tech has changed. So I snapped, and thought I would share.

I didn’t have a TV with remote until 6 years ago. The TV’s we had were fine with me, mostly because I didn’t watch too much TV. When my main 19″ died, I went to the local pawn shop and baught a 20″ TV with remote. It now sits in the basement as the spare TV, but really – I watch even less television than I did before.

I DO have a VCR in my room. No Tivo or other DVR. If you don’t watch TV, you don’t need to record anything. Yeah, I miss a couple shows but then again, I can usually go online and watch them from the networks’ website. The VCR is technically a TV tuner, and it was also connected so I could convert a few home movies into DVD format. Otherwise, see my comment above about TV’s.

This shows us the end of an era is fast approaching. Analog is 8 months from dead. A TV like this won’t be worth a hill of beans without a HD converter box. But then again, I already have converter boxes controlling my televisions’ content.

No flatscreen yet (except for my computer monitors). I will eventually have to break down and get one, but why do it now? My guess is Flatscreens will be the gift to give this holiday season and prices will be low.

Still, this picture definitely sums up the direction we are going.