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  1. Re:try reality fusion teamview by tcak · · Score: 1 · on Cheap Video Conferencing for Small-to-Medium Sized Corps?

    If you are scouting for a non-PC based solution, you could try Innomedia's IP VideoPhone. It costs $US1,299.95, which is much cheaper than Polycom solutions. It supports the standard H.323 protocol, which means it should be able to talk to Polycom devices and MS NetMeeting.

  2. Re:Technology previews by White+Shade · · Score: 2, Informative · on Eight Technologies That Will Change the World

    Video phones exist and are actually reasonably common, especially in business circumstances. The reason most home users don't see them though is that for the most part the quality is sorely lacking, and they're often way too expensive...

    a quick search on google netted me this:
    a home videophone...
    another home video phone...
    and, for what appears to be the prevailing standard: h.232

    molecular manufacturing is a bit of a different story, but:
    a group devoted to molecular manufacturing
    some interesting stuff on it
    and, last but not least:
    IBM does some cool stuff sometimes

    hope this helps dispel your mistrust of tech previews (Although i'll admit that at least a grain or two of salt is warranted in many occasions)

  3. VoIP Blaster is just really just this by Blackbox42 · · Score: 1 · on Slashback: Spambots, Retroism, VoIPhooey

    The VoIP Blaster was just a repackaged InfoAccel USB VoIP bridge. You can find more info on this product here: http://www.innomedia.com/consumer_products/infoacc el_USB/index.htm

  4. VoIP Blaster (and InfoAccel USB) Discontinued by pbryan · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Slashback: Spambots, Retroism, VoIPhooey

    The VoIP Blaster had huge potential, IMHO, because it was easy for non-internet-telephony-experts to plug in their POTS telephones and place a call. I was preparing to buy more when I discovered there were no more available.

    In a desperate effort to find out how to buy more VoIP Blasters, I called Creative Labs. Yes, it's official, they have discontinued sales of this product. That explains why they were blowing them out at $10 a pop. But, it goes deeper than this.

    I discovered that Creative Labs didn't manufacturer the VoIP Blaster. They were value added resellers of the InnoMedia InfoAccel USB. I decided to send a message to InnoMedia to find out who else resold their units.

    My Question to InnoMedia, made through their "contact us" page:

    "Creative Labs has now officially discontinued the VoIP Blaster (the repackaged InfoAccel USB). Are there other OEM partners who are repackaging the InfoAccel USB I can purchase from? Is InnoMedia considering releasing a consumer version of the InfoAccel USB?"

    Short yet concise response from Kelly Zhang, Director of Sales, InnoMedia:

    "We do not intend to release any more version of InfoAccel USB."

    Now that the VoIP Blaster party is officially over, what other inexpensive hardware platforms look promising to allow Grandma to pick up a phone and place a call without a Ph.D in Internet Telephony?

  5. VoIP Blaster (and InfoAccel USB) Discontinued by pbryan · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Slashback: Spambots, Retroism, VoIPhooey

    The VoIP Blaster had huge potential, IMHO, because it was easy for non-internet-telephony-experts to plug in their POTS telephones and place a call. I was preparing to buy more when I discovered there were no more available.

    In a desperate effort to find out how to buy more VoIP Blasters, I called Creative Labs. Yes, it's official, they have discontinued sales of this product. That explains why they were blowing them out at $10 a pop. But, it goes deeper than this.

    I discovered that Creative Labs didn't manufacturer the VoIP Blaster. They were value added resellers of the InnoMedia InfoAccel USB. I decided to send a message to InnoMedia to find out who else resold their units.

    My Question to InnoMedia, made through their "contact us" page:

    "Creative Labs has now officially discontinued the VoIP Blaster (the repackaged InfoAccel USB). Are there other OEM partners who are repackaging the InfoAccel USB I can purchase from? Is InnoMedia considering releasing a consumer version of the InfoAccel USB?"

    Short yet concise response from Kelly Zhang, Director of Sales, InnoMedia:

    "We do not intend to release any more version of InfoAccel USB."

    Now that the VoIP Blaster party is officially over, what other inexpensive hardware platforms look promising to allow Grandma to pick up a phone and place a call without a Ph.D in Internet Telephony?

  6. videophone, flying car, robot by headwick · · Score: 1 · on Science Fiction into Science Fact?

    George Jetson had items like a videophone, flying car, and a robot.

  7. Creative's VOIP Blaster by no_such_user · · Score: 1 · on IP Telephony Hardware Stretching Toward Home Users
    Creative's VOIP Blaster is an interesting and ultra cheap USB device which, though relying on a PC, does a similar job, while using Innomedia for phone service. Specifically, one end plugs into a PC, and the other plugs into a standard POTS phone (or a headset). You can even dial with your phone's keypad - hook up a cordless, and, save for an extra couple of keys, it's quite natural. Free PC-to-PC calls and cheap PC-to-phone. It doesn't accept incoming calls originated from the phone network, but there's no reason why it couldn't.

    Anyway, if we could "figure out" more about it, adding linux support and breaking it's need for a phone provider would be sweet.

    Oh yeah -- calling Hong Kong is cheaper than calling in the US! (.04/min vs .05/min)