Which ever it is, that sure is one fat phone – my SE K770i is half the depth!

Miron

It’s all based on a tiny cell-phone based USB device with a large flash drive built-in, thats the core to everything. Then you have special “modu” devices like cordless phones that can accept the device, special “modu” car stereo systems that can accept the device, and many other devices (GPS devices, Stereo systems, Cell Phone, etc.).
They hope by releasing the SDK that people will make their own devices that work with the core modu USB device (stereo systems, etc.) — much like the iPod and iPhone. (ex: many cars have a built-in dock for iPod so you can control the songs from your stereo, there are tons of iPod alarm clocks and stereo systems, etc.)

I think the idea behind the device is that all your data, whether it be your contacts, music, videos, and documents, all be centralized on this central USB core device. This way you have a single point of backup, and you can take it with you anywhere to operate any compatible device. If it breaks, I bet you can just order another one and re-load all your data to resume operations.

I think that’s a great take on unifying technology, a much needed feat these days. Already taking my iPhone around with me as a phone, car music jukebox (via a car dock), email client, video player and internet browser is revolutionary to me. There is a great future in combining devices into a single one and have less things to carry or worry about.

However, for this device to succeed it will need some serious amount of compatible devices, in all price ranges — or else nobody will buy into it. In the video we see a cordless phone with a hookup with the device, perhaps you can just plug it in and use your cordless phone like a regular phone (but it would really use the device’s cell phone capability to make the calls). This isn’t really “new” but hey I don’t see anything like that right now at my local electronics store!

On the long run, I think bigger company names, like Apple, will entirely take over this market, but hey we never know!

David

I walk away with a feeling of glitzy smoke and mirrors.

Feh.

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its something on the line much fabled All inOne device +LBS + Voice +Storage

not sure if i need such device …convergence is good but too much of it is annoying .

The article is in herbew here:
http://www.ynet...3497113,00.html

Roy.

Apparent visual motifs surround push and pull, but I think this is less a reference to the technology than it is a visual metaphor for the mechanical action of sliding the device home and popping it out.

Curious about the form factor — not a USB. Might be PC only — no slot for it on a MacBook, for example. Possibly in danger of being or becoming a “toy” for a niche market.

It is also connected to the WWW via EDGE, 3G, or WiFi which opens up a lot of possibility to device makers and potentially to creators of web services — but this portion may be closed/owned by Modu.

In it’s initial form it will be sold with a cell phone shell to consumers, with the promise of more devices to come.

-Blake