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  • Linksys joins the NAS party with its upcoming NAS200 unit

    by 
    Paul Miller
    Paul Miller
    01.07.2007

    Some PC World ads let slip a bit of new gear from Linksys, including the NAS200 Network Storage System, Linksys' first NAS product. About all we know about the box so far is that it's got dual drive bays and looks as boring as all get out, but it should be a welcome addition to the lineup for any Linksys/Cisco fanboys in the house. Linksys is also apparently prepping the CIT400 DECT Skype phone, which doesn't need no stinkin' PC, just like Netgear's SPH101. There's also that WRT600N we spotted in November and the PLE200 PowerLine AVEthernet Adapter, but deets are slim -- we're sure we'll know more soon.[Via TG Daily]

  • Cisco -- not apple -- announces iPhone branded VoIP phones

    by 
    Ryan Block
    Ryan Block
    12.18.2006

    We hate to break it to everybody who thought the inevitable Apple phone was going to be called the iPhone, but Cisco, which has apparently had the trademark on the name since the 90s, is launching a line of Linksys "iPhone" VoIP devices (yes, that's right, lower case "i", uppercase "P"). Why wait until now to launch the iPhone name? We can't say for sure, but we imagine Cisco was probably trying to work behind the scenes to sell the rights to the name to Apple, but things didn't pan out -- but since "iPhone" is already a fairly ubiquitous brand without even being launched, hey, why not run with it? We won't dwell long on the loss of the name iPhone to describe the Applephone (which is what we'll henceforth be calling it), so on to the gear. Expect to see the $180 iPhone Dual-Mode Internet Telephony Kit for Skype CIT400 (pictured), which from what we can tell, is merely a Skype handset; also, announced is the $200 iPhone Wireless-G Phone for Skype WIP320 (pictured after the break), a SIP VoIP phone. So, that's it; Cisco cashes in on the iPhone name, current VoIP products get rebadged to the new label, and we all rest easy knowing that our cellphone investments are still safe for at least another three weeks or so.