Agere BluOnyx - Wireless mass storage

[thoughtfix]

I read a couple articles and wanted to share this.
Agere BluOnyx (http://thoughtfix.blogspot.com/2006/12/wireless-mass-storage-for-770.html)

It could be extra neat for the 770 as a portable entertainment device.

[fpp]

You beat me to it. I read about it this morning (but no time to post here :-) and immediately thought it could be the perfect companion to the 770...

[thoughtfix]

I was actually pondering this post yesterday but decided to take more time to research it. I think it'd be an easy hack to get this thing to work as an external drive on the 770. I need to get ahold of one.

[Luna]

Toshiba that had a bluetooth storage system a while back call the HOPBIT. I believe it was a wee bit before its time (back when bluetooth seemed to be a bust). Hopefully these types of devices will become common though with 3g+ celluar data streams, we might just start using our cells and a central homebased server to store data instead.

[orbitalcomp]

Here's a possible alternative without Bluetooth that lets you use *any* mass storage peripheral...I posted this in another thread...

http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=26978&postcount=6

[thoughtfix]

http://thoughtfix.blogspot.com/2007/01/ageres-bluonyx-box-of-wonder.html

More details!

[fpp]

Agere gave some details at 3GSM in Barcelona today :

http://www.clubic.com/actualite-69648-details-distributeur-contenus-bluonyx.html

The gist of it for non-French-readers :

* first model out June 2007 : 40 GB HDD, expensive (250$) and NO WIFI (only BT !)
* Xmas 2007 : 60 GB HDD model and lighter, less expensive 10 GB Flash model. Still only BT.
* first Wifi-enabled models expected in early 2008.

My advice : wait and keep an eye on D.A.V.E. in the meantime :-)

[jpj]

... and they scoffed when I called it vaporware ...