Another Free Cue* Gadget At Radio Shack

dizgusted writes: "DigitalConvergence, fine purveyors of the infamous CueCat, are back with CueTV. URLs will be encoded in TV programs. A free gadget, again from Radio Shack, will send them to a PC where a browser can load the page. Now one can be mesmerized by two devices simultaneously. More here." The article's a few weeks old, but apparently within the week is when these devices will show up at Radio Shacks.

Comments

Re:Anyone besides me not wanting this at all?

[fleener]

Don't worry. This is just version 1.0. Future renditions will be much simpler. For example, they know you hate watching commercials. So maybe they'll just save you that step and directly debit your bank account and ship you the products they advertise. These will be products you want because, of course, the corporations will already know everything about your habits, tastes and thought processes.

Just sit back down and relax as we plug this IV into your arm. No need for you to think anymore. We've taken care of that for you.

My favorite Cue Cat joke..

[Liquid-Gecka]

Was done by Illiad..

CueCats are awsome...

[ColGraff]

...but not for their intended purpose. I loved the original CueCat and audio cable because the cable was great for audio capture, and the cuecat - well! Taking that sucker apart for spare parts (wires primarily) was a very nice way to spend an afternoon. I wouldn't want to pay for these things, but if Cue wants to give me cheesy electronic gadgets to take apart or do something useful with, more power to them.

Idea for Cue: Why not give away CueCams, digital video cameras that connect to your computer and send your browser to any URL they see on any visual media? I promise I would not use it as a webcam. Honest.