Archive for October 16th, 2006
E-mail for the technically challenged
Presto is an e-mail service for people who don’t have e-mail…or a computer… or internet access. The service limits e-mails to receipts from known addressees, so there’s no spam. Users have the ability to selectively receive bulletins/news offered by Presto. The e-mail service combines with a special HP printer that plugs into a standard phone line (yes, dial-up service) and delivers received e-mails, photos, etc. in pre-formatted templates to the recipient. The only maintenance for the end-user is adding paper and changing the ink cartridge (something even my dad should be able to handle). Presto even notifies the user when it is time to do that!
The printer, available for $149.99 can be pre-ordered at the Presto web site. The e-mail service is scheduled to debut in November and costs $9.99 per month or $99.99 annually.
Webaroo has added Wikipedia to their services on mobile devices. There have also been open source efforts to deliver it to the iPod (also check out the wiki) or a PDA. Wikipedia requires 6 GB of free space, 10 GB recommended.
Howard Stern Coming To the Net
To promote an Internet radio service Sirius is launching this week, Howard Stern’s 4+ hour program will be made available live online for free on October 25 and 26. The new Sirius service will offer 75+ channels of CD-quality programming for $12.95/month with no need to buy a Sirius satellite receiver.
technorati tags:radio, HowardStern, Sirius, Internet
