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Wednesday May 14, 2008
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Am I the only one getting hot and bothered by the prospect of SideShow devices? No matter, I'll blog anyway! The gizmos were conceived of as a second, external laptop screen on which you could check your e-mail, or the weather, or show pictures of your family, all without opening the laptop's cover. But there was exciting talk of other gadgets: independent gizmos that can talk to and access data on your main PC from anywhere in your house. They were one of several hardware innovations that I thought really made Vista stand out.
Tragically, simply nothing has happened on this front (sort of like the other big Vista innovation, hybrid hard drives), but one company still holds out promise; Ricavision launched a fairly public beta program a few days back, to test out the VAVE 100--a nearly finalized SideShow remote control. And if you're that interested, you can even preorder a remote on Amazon.com. If you're interested in the potential of this technology, take a minute to peruse the cool Flash animations on Ricavision's nifty site. But as I've said before, don't hold your breath.
And for what it's worth, I don't actually get hot and bothered by remote controls. I get hot and bothered by graphics cards. I know it's sad.
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