Full FeedOrby: iPhone for the house?
There are a bunch of iPhone knock-offs out there, but there is this one product from a Brazilian company that is sort of like the iPhone, but meant specifically for the house.
There to parts to the product, the base unit and the phone unit to take calls. Basically, the Orby base unit comes with a lot of apps on the screen that perform different functions, which are very similar to the iPhone’s. It comes with 4GB of RAM, and a 512MB hard drive; the phone part comes with an internal microphone, as well as speakers to receive the call.
The interesting thing is that you can call people directly from your home line with the Orby phone and use the microphone to talk. The base unit comes with a 7 inch touch screen, while the phone unit comes with a 2 inch screen. Using a built-in web browser, you can surf the web as well as watch YouTube videos.
On the base unit, you can play music, videos, and display photos in the formats of JPEG, TIFF, PNG, BMP, MP4, WAV, WMA, MP4, Sorenson 3, and FLV. The link below is in Brazilian, and I got most of this information through Google Translator, so I might have missed some information. If you find out more, let us know in the comments.
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Just to help out on the language front - the device has a Linux platform, an Intel Atom processor and will have open API next year to enable other application development in the open market. In addition to what you have listed the device has internet radio, digital frame capabilities, YouTube and a whole bunch of Brazilian based content from some of the best content providers in the country, including Veja Sao Paulo, Terra and Estadao. Seems there are only 100 units on sale at this moment in time.
Hope this helps. Cheers
on December 16, 2008 at 01:58 PM - LINKHey David,
Thanks a lot for checking out the site and providing us with the extra details!
on December 16, 2008 at 03:54 PM - LINKmore news - in portuguese on the above:
http://tecnologia.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI3403149-EI4799,00-Telefonica+lanca+telefone+fixo+com+acesso+a+web+e+banda+larga.html
on December 19, 2008 at 06:42 PM - LINKis this like the uk joggler?
on February 2, 2010 at 06:56 AM - LINK