Audeo: Voice Free Cellphones?!?

Sorry to leave you hanging for so long. Life, work... more life, more work. You know the drill.

I just read a post on OhGizmo! about Audeo. It's a voice-free cellphone technology currently being developed by Ambient. I'll say very little about this, but just skip right to the video... more compelling than it's cellphone application are uses for ALS victims, empowering them to speak more easily, and the last 40 seconds of the video (beginning at 2:40 or so), which you'll just have to see.

Enjoy!

Grand Central

Long time between posts... busy season. Sorry for your wait.


Our favorite search engine has expanded the empire once again (old news) with another acquisition. This was reported on the Official Google Blog way back in July, but here it is for your fresh eyes! They've bought GrandCentral, and I can't wait to kick the tires...

If you can get an account (click to "Reserve: Save a Phone Number for me") you will have one phone number that will ring all your other specified phone numbers. You can also have specific incoming callers (based on their phone number) directed to specific phones. For instance, I could have all family members sent to my super-secret private phone, my lawyer sent to my satellite phone in the Andes, clients to my cellular in my hip, and if the POTUS calls, ring all phones at once. Furthermore, I can switch from my cellular to my land lines mid-call (and vice verse), and even listen in as people leave voice mail, making a decision to pick them up or leave them in my voicemail.

I just can't say enough about the possibilities of this service... and I'm DYING to get an account to try it out and share more info!

Google Phone

What a lovely day. I really do love these guys. Word on the street has it that Google is working with a mobile phone prototype. Add to that the news that they're bidding for the 700Mhz band in the FCC Spectrum auction and you've got yourself some interesting news. Engadget, Gizmodo and Slashdot have been all over this (see bottom of page).

PLEASE tell me where to go to sign on to test a gPhone!

Did I mention it would be an ad-supported phone... no direct cost to the consumer? Well I guess I have now.

Have a lovely day.

(call me, Google: I can help!)

zBoost

Have signal trouble at home? In the office? Not any more! Turn your 1-bar signal into 5-bars with zBoost!

This signal extender works with CDMA, GSM, TDMA AMPS, GPRS, EDGE, 1xRTT, and EVDO (everyone but Nextel).


The only downside I can see is cost: $249.99.