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What if you could store all your data in one place, and access it anywhere – TV, desktop, laptop, cellphone? That’s the question chipmaker Agere is asking with the BluOnyx, which they describe as a “mobile content server”. The device is the size of a credit card, though thicker (think iPod size), and is equipped with Bluetooth and USB connectivity and an SD card reader. WiFi connectivity is slated for the next version.
The BluOnyx is designed to be controlled via cellphone. When a cellphone connects with the BluOnyx, it pushes a Java applet to the phone that allows media streaming – pictures, music, and video – to the phone, and data to be read back from the phone, including its phone book and stored emails. When another storage device, such as an SD card, is connected to the BluOnyx, it automatically copies all the data from the device, and can output to a printer, TV, or computer screen. Agere has no plans to market the device itself, but isntead plans to license it to other companies, hoping to maximize the number of devices the BluOnyx can interface with. Watch for the prototype at CES 2007 in January. — Mike Payne
[via Ars Technica]
