#2/#3 Actually I think Engadget were having a bit of a joke with this one with regards to rain hitting the umbrella. It basically lets you know if it is forecast to rain that day, so you know when to bother taking it to work etc. The only problem is if the cost is too high, as the bright blue ring may become the new white earphone 'mug me' symbol for future years.
Emceay - It could in theory interfere with wi-fi as the allocated spectrum for WUSB overlaps that of wi-fi, but as WUSB only pumps out -41 dBm/MHz (i.e not strong signal) there shouldn't be too much interference.
#4 I'm not sure you could use this to backup your data - it looks like it's just ROM at the moment without write/rewrite abilities. Anyone know when a burner (for consumers) is coming out?
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