Rita will enjoy the usability which is task-centric, rather than being organised around different components. You tell it you want to watch a DVD in the rumpus, or listen to the radio in the lounge, and it works out what it has to do with each of your components to achieve that. Like when MS-DOS grew into MacOS I mean Windows.

Jack and Luke will not enjoy that it does infra-red and also radio frequency (RF), meaning that all of the components can be hidden away in the cupboard under the stairs. Or at least the US version does RF. In Australian, Logitech hasn’t yet secured the licensing for the right bit of radio spectrum. eBay sellers in the US will happily provide an international solution to that one.

And finally… my neighbours: here’s offering my blanket apology to my neighbours for whenever their RF garage door opens randomly in the middle of the night.

Okay so we all know about digital photo frames by now. But this is the next gen.

This wonderful thing includes a wi-fi connection so it can connect to your home or office network.

Why would that be useful? So it can receive photos sent to it by email or MMS, using a special email address.

Why a ‘special’ email address? Because you should only reveal it to trusted friends and family! Definitely not an email address to publish on your blog and attract Viagra spam.

And it does RSS, so you can subscribe to your favorite Flickr feed for a regular supply of fresh photos.

Just swap all those cables for a decent rechargeable battery and slim down the form factor (maybe we need to wait until Apple launches the iFrame…) and I’m in.

And video streaming would be good too so I can watch my new and excellent YouTube Radiohead subscription. Check out Jigsaw Falling Into Place: