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Topic: | CES any more info? This thread has 36 replies. Displaying posts 1 through 15. |
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Post 1 made on Friday January 10, 2003 at 15:33 |
Anthony Ultimate Member |
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on any iPronto type device from Philips?
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Post 2 made on Friday January 10, 2003 at 21:46 |
Daniel Tonks Wrangler of Remotes |
Joined: Posts: | October 1998 28,780 |
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It should be out VERY VERY shortly. And it's 400MHz instead of the original 200MHz.
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Post 3 made on Monday January 13, 2003 at 02:55 |
Nicholas Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | August 2001 187 |
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Without sounding bigoted or whatever, the person at the booth spoke in an english thickly laden with Chinese. I felt compelled to ask him the same questios twice, amd I'm still not sure of the answers. They were:
No RF now, but perhaps in the future.
There will be some sort of IR routing, and it's unclear whether this will await an upgrade.
MSRP remains at $1699. Totally different software management. This one sounds like it's going to be harder to like.
Nick
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OP | Post 4 made on Monday January 13, 2003 at 11:01 |
Anthony Ultimate Member |
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No RF now, but perhaps in the future from the lit. it will have an 802.11b card, so it does not do RF like the ProntoPro (which I guess is what was meant) but 802.11b is the Rf standard used by IP networks like the internet. Also from what I read it is the only way to download the config file, so it basically needs to be there.
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Post 5 made on Monday January 13, 2003 at 16:08 |
Daniel Tonks Wrangler of Remotes |
Joined: Posts: | October 1998 28,780 |
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There's a USB port on the unit.
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Post 6 made on Tuesday January 14, 2003 at 17:16 |
John Buscema Founding Member |
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No RF now, but perhaps in the future. I just looked at Philips white paper on iPronto. You don't need RF. They show a device called a network extender that can be plugged into your lan or use a wireless 802.11 card and it can send IR --OR-- RS232. That makes the iPronto VERY interesting.
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Post 7 made on Tuesday January 14, 2003 at 17:32 |
baseline Lurking Member |
Joined: Posts: | January 2003 9 |
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I am dying... When are we going to get some news on availability?
Daniel, can I infer from the fact that you have not yet gotten one that it will still be a while for the general public to get their hands on one?
Jonathan
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Post 8 made on Tuesday January 14, 2003 at 20:35 |
Andrea Whitlock Welcome Back |
Joined: Posts: | June 1999 1,209 |
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Jonathan, it's supposed to be available this month.
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Post 9 made on Tuesday January 14, 2003 at 23:42 |
MikeSRC Loyal Member |
Joined: Posts: | July 2001 5,958 |
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I was told that they'd be out right after the 3000s, which are supposed to be shipping now (although only to select distributors). So I would expect the iProntos next month. We'll see.
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OP | Post 10 made on Wednesday January 15, 2003 at 10:19 |
Anthony Ultimate Member |
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Mike your response here sure sounds different then the one at AVS?
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Post 11 made on Wednesday January 15, 2003 at 13:22 |
MikeSRC Loyal Member |
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Maybe a little, Anthony. ;-)
Over there I said they were a month away and here I said next month. Either way, that's February, but who knows for sure. The fact that they haven't sent one to Daniel yet sounds like there may be some delay.
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Post 12 made on Wednesday January 15, 2003 at 19:40 |
Daniel Tonks Wrangler of Remotes |
Joined: Posts: | October 1998 28,780 |
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I managed to obtain one while at CES and am trying to get it going right now (sime "minor" problems).
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Post 13 made on Wednesday January 15, 2003 at 21:16 |
Bear Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | December 2001 70 |
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I know that it will be about a month before I can locate one of these...Waiting to hear your findings/thoughts. I would be happy to get my hands on the iprontoedit code for now, any ideas when that will be available?
Bear
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Post 14 made on Thursday January 16, 2003 at 17:44 |
Andrea Whitlock Welcome Back |
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Daniel, do you have a wireless network you'll be using it on?
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Post 15 made on Thursday January 16, 2003 at 18:22 |
Daniel Tonks Wrangler of Remotes |
Joined: Posts: | October 1998 28,780 |
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I do now! Just got the access point yesterday.
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