| It seems like every time you turn around there is | | | | The Tangent Quattro internet radio integrates |
| a new wireless gadget making its way into our | | | | WiFi radio with distinctive Danish styling. Housed |
| every day lives. Modern day society has managed | | | | inside a MDF wood cabinet with real walnut |
| to completely free itself from wired electronic | | | | veneer, the Quattro has the highest quality audio |
| devices - so much so that it is now possible to | | | | among WiFi radios. |
| live and work from almost anywhere on the | | | | This handy little radio allows you to search over |
| planet. | | | | 5000 Internet radio stations - by location AND |
| With Christmas just around the corner, and 2008 | | | | genre. Listen to anything from Jazz in Taiwan to |
| fast approaching, we thought it would be fun to | | | | news from Germany. You can also use the |
| put together a short list of some very cool | | | | Quattro to wirelessly stream music and audio |
| wireless devices that you may find making their | | | | from your computer (PC and Mac), or connect |
| way to your wireless "wish list". | | | | your MP3 player to the audio-in and use the radio |
| Our top five wireless wish list choices for the new | | | | as a stand alone speaker. |
| year are: | | | | Unlike satellite radio, there are NO monthly |
| #1 - Wireless VoIP Skype Phone | | | | subscription fees. You don't even have to turn on |
| 1984 witnessed the breakup of the ATT | | | | your computer to use it. Wirelessly connect to |
| monopoly and the cost of a telephone call has | | | | any Broadband wireless (WiFi) network and listen |
| been dropping ever since. Little did we know that | | | | to your heart's content. |
| the internet would provide the most | | | | #4 - Wireless GPS Navigator |
| cost-effective means of making a call. On the | | | | If you have ever experienced being completely |
| cutting edge of free and dirt cheap long distance | | | | lost without a gas station in sight, it may be time |
| calling is Skype. | | | | to pick up a wireless GPS navigational device. |
| Skype is the internet application that has allowed | | | | Today's GPS devices will not only help you |
| millions of people from across the globe to call | | | | navigate anywhere in the U.S. and Canada, they |
| one another right from their desktop PC. Now | | | | will also provide travel tips, and even store your |
| you can make free or or very inexpensive calls | | | | favorite MP3s and photos! Our choice in this |
| using Skype using only a wireless Wi-Fi connection. | | | | category is the Garmin nüvi 350. |
| Skype has indeed gone mobile. The Netgear | | | | The Garmin nüvi 350 revolutionizes what |
| SPH-200D Cordless Phone with Skype takes all | | | | one would expect from a GPS navigation device - |
| the hassle out making a Skype call. No need to | | | | or any device for that matter! |
| install any software, or even turn on your PC. | | | | The Garmin 350 is one of the most popular, |
| Simply plug the Cordless Base Station into your | | | | portable and reliable GPS devices around. |
| internet router and begin speaking with friends, | | | | Wherever you go - in your car or on foot - this |
| family and business associates via the internet | | | | wireless marvel offers extremely accurate |
| from wherever you are. The SPH-200D can even | | | | position data, thanks to a high-sensitivity |
| replace your land line phone. Just plug the base | | | | integrated GPS receiver by SiRF and |
| station into any active phone jack and it becomes | | | | WAAS-enabled, 12-satellite reception. |
| a traditional cordless phone as well. | | | | It comes equipped with detailed maps of the U.S., |
| #2 - Kindle Wireless Book Reader | | | | Canada and Puerto Rico. The device is |
| For the busy traveler who hates to lug books on | | | | touch-screen controlled, and comes with a unique |
| business trips - the new wireless Kindle Book | | | | "text-to-speech" feature which calls out turns by |
| Reader by Amazon. Kindle has brought new | | | | street name. It is also compatible with Garmin's |
| meaning to the term "wireless book". | | | | GTM 10 FM TMC traffic receiver, allowing users to |
| The Kindle is like no other electronic reader on the | | | | avoid traffic tie-ups by simply pushing a button |
| market. It is designed to be read comfortably at | | | | that will calculate a new route instantly. |
| any angle for long periods of time - without the | | | | We predict that these types of wireless devices |
| eyestrain that often results from staring at a | | | | will be everywhere in a few years. Then we will |
| computer screen. This device is completely mobile | | | | wonder how we got along without them. |
| and is very simple to use. No PC syncing is | | | | #5 - Wireless Indoor Remote Control Power |
| needed. | | | | Outlet |
| The Kindle uses the same 3G network as | | | | Finally, for the "lazy" in all of us: the |
| advanced cell phones, delivering complete | | | | SVAT WRC100 Wireless Indoor Remote Control |
| contents of books wirelessly through Amazon's | | | | Power Outlet. |
| own network: Amazon Whispernet. (In other | | | | This technologically advanced wireless electronic |
| words, you'll never need to locate a Wi-Fi | | | | remote switch can control virtually everything in |
| hotspot.) | | | | your house with just the push of a button. |
| With the Kindle, all you need to do is just think of | | | | Control lamps, radios, or other electrical devices |
| a book, magazine or newspaper you would like to | | | | from up to 100 feet away, even through walls |
| read, and Kindle will do the rest. In a matter of | | | | and floors, with this radio frequency wireless |
| seconds, Kindle will wirelessly download and display | | | | remote control. |
| your selection's entire contents on its | | | | The receiver plugs directly into any three-prong |
| paperback-sized screen. Kindle allows users to | | | | outlet, and provides a remote switched |
| download and read the beginning of books for | | | | three-prong outlet to allow radio frequency on & |
| free. All newspaper subscriptions start with a | | | | off control for a wide variety of electrical devices. |
| risk-free two-week trial. | | | | The control unit, with keychain, is more than small |
| Will the Kindle ever replace the tried and true | | | | enough to fit into your pocket, but its signal will |
| paperback? Maybe not. But with the ability to | | | | work up to 100 feet away from the receiver |
| have 200 books stored at any one time, it sure | | | | even from inside your car. |
| saves space on a long business trip! | | | | Ideal for those hard-to-reach plug-ins like holiday |
| #3 - Wireless Internet Radio | | | | lights and computer outlets. The kids left the |
| For those that love their radio but cannot seem | | | | television on and you don't feel like getting out of |
| to find a decent local station: The Wi-Fi internet | | | | a comfortable chair to turn it off? Just one handy |
| radio. | | | | button and you're in charge. |