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VTech's 'infoPhone' gets personalized feeds
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- Not so new...
- by spyker3292 December 27, 2006 7:14 AM PST
- The MSN Direct service does the same thing on watches and now a coffee maker.
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- ...but it's not exactly the same
- by punterjoe December 27, 2006 10:54 AM PST
- Yes it's a non-traditional info appliance, but it uses FM radio, not phone lines, so it's not really interactive since the info only flows one-way.
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- The coffeemaker can make phone calls?
- by slmrogers January 19, 2007 11:27 AM PST
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(3 Comments)Maybe V-Tech has a sound idea here, since more people are getting used to receiving info over their mobile phones, it could seem natural for their home phones to do the same thing... ideally without the often-onerous cellphone charges.