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There are more than 182 million cell-phone subscribers in the U.S., paying an average of just over $50 a month, according to CTIA, the wireless-industry association ? Plantronics' new Pulsar Bluetooth stereo headphones ($200) are phone savvy; they let you listen to music wirelessly from a PC or MP3 player, but when a phone call comes in, the music goes silent. --By Wilson Rothman
...Philips took it one step further: the PDA-sized RC9800i takes the frustration out of remote setup by asking you, in plain English, what you've got and what you want to do with it, and it all takes place right there on the remote's own screen-no PC needed. Once I was through with the wizard, the device sure enough could control all of the stuff in my home theater...
...schedule of upcoming shows. Also, the Wi-Fi can be used to stream music from a computer on your home network. The remote's dock can be connected to a stereo input of your audio receiver or boom box. If you install the included Media Manager software on a PC that has a lot of MP3s, you can dock the remote, pull up songs and play them. When used in conjunction with a product like the D-Link MediaLounge or Philips' own Wireless Media Adapter, you can conduct music through your house while sitting on the couch...
...There are two more activity-based universal-remote options that every home theater junkie should know about. One is the newest Logitech Harmony (logitech.com/harmony), the 880, which at $250 is no lightweight. Its PC-or-Mac-wizard setup isn't as smooth as the Philips, but the results are even better: as luck would have it, the Harmony did know about the A, B and C buttons my cable box demands. A richer alternative is the Nevo SL from Universal Electronics Inc. It lists for $800. Though it's sold through custom installers, its programmability is not beyond patient...
This software, available as a free download at earth.google.com lets PC users navigate a 3-D map of the globe, jumping from city to city and seeing remarkably detailed satellite images...