Wave-Home from iRiver is a very interesting desktop add-on that can be expected in the middle of 2009. It was presented at CES and seemed to be one of the most surprising products at the event. The other gadgets and gizmos have been leaked beforehand unlike Wave-Home which really made an impression on the CES spectators.
The device is a home networking tool that connects to the Internet. It is an all-in-one device that provides web, advanced multimedia and phone capabilities. Wave-Home has a base station with a 7-inch color LCD touch screen. Since Wave-Home is linked to the internet, all sorts of digital content can be easily accessed from here. These include music, movies, hand drawings and photos. The base station also comes with a 1.3 megapixel CMOS camera which can be used for video conferencing as well as taking still pictures. The base station is accompanied with a handset enabled for VoIP calls which is designed to appeal to any modern minimalist. But if the user opted to, the touch screen can be used as a virtual keypad too. Users can also count on it for text messaging, phonebook sync and eve flash games.
iRiver also boasts Wave-Home’s intelligent widget that is already common in most types of television sets. It gives easy access to weather, stock and traffic updates. Like most computer accompaniments, Wave-Home is equipped with SD, Ethernet and the usual USB ports.
Early reviews given about it say that the best part of Wave-Home is its quality speakers. When streaming music from the internet radio or playing music directly from the iPod, the quality of sound is outstanding.

iRiver considers Wave-Home as a milestone introduction for them which can help them expand their product innovation into areas like life and home networking. This is in line to their goal to help their consumers connect with the things they consider important. iRiver is planning to tandem with a phone company to sell Wave-Home and they are scheduling to sell it first in Korea for about $400.

No related posts.