I was at a conference about a month ago that was using these devices. They are pretty handy but the IR communication needs to be a bit smarter. Its great that the device shares information and makes it easier to find a common topic, but while you are talking to this person the device keeps communicating non-stop. Talk to a person for 1/2 and hour and it will keep flashing shared interests or people that you should talk to that have similar interests.
The best part was that the device can be flipped up so that you can read it and it becomes a PDA. The conference schedule, questionaires about the conference and the option to trade e-business cards are at your finger tips.
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I was at a conference about a month ago that was using these devices. They are pretty handy but the IR communication needs to be a bit smarter. Its great that the device shares information and makes it easier to find a common topic, but while you are talking to this person the device keeps communicating non-stop. Talk to a person for 1/2 and hour and it will keep flashing shared interests or people that you should talk to that have similar interests. The best part was that the device can be flipped up so that you can read it and it becomes a PDA. The conference schedule, questionaires about the conference and the option to trade e-business cards are at your finger tips.