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@lain: Yes, T-Mobile has it as an exclusive in the Germany

regards from the Germany
um, is this again a new connector to deal with? doesn't look like the standard USB-B connector from what I see.
And it also doesn't integrate the power cord, so you still have to connect a separate power line for 3,5" HDDs and pray to not fry your hub on power hungry 2,5" disks :(
I think the expression "whoosh!" would feel appropriate here...
try installing in windows vista compatibility mode. my dell printer driver said "this os is not supported" as well, installing in win vista mode fixed that. Just right click and select "vista" on the compatibility tab, or let the wizard do it for you after a failed installation attempt.
you are wrong. the widcomm (now broadcomm) BT stack natively supports A2DP. You just have to install the corresponding driver package from your dongle manufacturer, with newer versions of Windows even that is not needed anymore, as the MS stack should do it out of the box.
you are right, you don't understand it :)

you are only entitled to receive the money, if your scrap your old car and buy a new one. you can scrap your old one and don't buy a new one, but won't receive any money. it's like a "mail-in rebate" that you hand over to the car dealer when you buy a new car.

In Germany it's working like a blast, with all the possible economical and ecological problems.
get the "Lightsout" WHS plugin. Turns your server on, when a PC startsup that has the client installed and shuts down when no more clients are connected. Very convenient.

http://www.wegotserved.co.uk/
have you even used one?

I already bought a Qnap 409 TS Pro, the Read/Write (20-30 read, 12-15 write) speed were terrible plus the initial formatting of the disks took nearly 2 days with 2x1TB Samsung EcoGreen disks.

The WHS i got now has 4 TB, formatting (and installing) in under an hour, full read/write speeds via gbit LAN (actually the hard disks are not faster, the system and LAN could pump a lot more data than 65 mb/s read/write) and the cost were actually the same or less (the Qnap hadn't any disks included).
@casper

because the "entry models" (labelled "pro") such as the 409pro have write speed of maximum 12,9 MB / sec via Gbit LAN and JumboPackets turned on. readspeed is around 35 MB/sec. Creation of a RAID 5 Array took nearly 2 Days for formatting and syncing.
And this is all for 399 € excluding any harddisks.

I sent mine back and built a WHS with P45 Mainboard, Dual Core Intel CPU (5400) and 4 GB Ram for 350 €. Leaving the WHS license out of the equation (Qnap is running linux which is technically free) I've got now 65,5 MB / sec read/write speeds over Gbit LAN for 50 € less.
And the array creation didn't took 2 Days, more like 5 secs with quick format :D
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I own an iPhone 3G and I'm looking for a decent speaker / alarm clock for it. I am going to listen music in a mid-sized room, so I want nice quality speakers with solid bass. I also want to use it as an alarm clock, so it would be great if there is such a feature. The price can be low-mid to mid-high range. I was looking at the Klipsch iGroove SXT; it's powerful, slick and the reviews are good, but it doesn't have an alarm clock feature. It's no deal breaker if I can set it up from the iPhone, but I'm not sure. Thanks!"
 

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