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...asked to be one of 3,000 beta testers for Kajeet, a new mobile-phone service for kids. "Oh, my god, yes!" she said. She made her first call from a local Italian restaurant, blithely disregarding wireless etiquette. "Guess what?" she said to her grandparents. "I have my own cell phone." Their reaction? "Why do you need that...
...edgy package. In other words, a toy. A few weeks into my daughter's beta testing, she roamed the house barking into her handset, "Code Red Alert. Code Red Alert." The phone wasn't even switched on. "I'm just playing," she said. "None of my friends have cell phones, so I don't actually have anyone to call." If Kajeet's homework pays off, that won't be the case for much longer...
...controls are vintage I Love Lucy too. The basic interface has simple up-down menus so it can eventually be translated to cell phones and devices like Apple's iPod. No need for a 37-button remote. "People are tired of being locked into the way TV is set up," says Friis...
...left the iron on? iControl, which won the 2006 Electronic House Product of the Year Award for its system of cameras, sensors, lamp modules, thermostats and detectors, allows you to view live video and manage your utilities and appliances from a personal Web portal or any Web-enabled cell phone. The iControl starter kit costs $399, with a monthly subscription fee of $10. HomeSeer's $200 Home Control Software 2 can create elaborate automated routines that you can then control remotely via a Web page and activate by voice or simply by sending an e-mail or a text message...
...while you'll still have to do the folding yourself, Whirlpool is testing a line of "smart" washers and dryers, which enable consumers to monitor the status of their rinse cycle remotely and control the washer or dryer by computer or cell phone. But presumably it still takes a human hand to separate the lights from the darks...