AT&T Home Manager Smart Touch Panel Created to add value to the wired telephone line, the AT&T Home Manager is a 7″ (800×480) touch-panel (seen here in its dock) that is designed to be the home “window” to a number of things like:
- Address Book
- Web Information Listings
- Yellow Pages
- Visual Voice Mail
- Photos
It’s not clear how it syncs the address book – if this is a familly device, it would be nice if everyone could merge their contact list. Overall, this is an interesting experiment, although we doubt that there is a strong demand for it. But if the pricing isright (very cheap or free), this might get some traction.
Additional information from AT&T (link)
Frame specification
- 7″ screen, 800×480 resolution
- Battery duration during operating: 2 hours. Standby duration: 24 hours.
- 24-bit color (16.7 million colors)
- Internal storage of 256MB
- Additional external storage via SD memory card and/or USB flash drive (not included)
Frame and handset specifications:
- Full-duplex speakerphone
- Cordless DECT 6.0 handset and frame
- Battery charge time: 5 hours for frame and 15 hours for handset
Connectivity requirements:
- Broadband (AT&T High Speed Internet or other broadband provider)
- Minimum download speed 768 Kbs
- Recommended download speed 1.5 Mbps
- A spare Ethernet port on a router or gateway
- Home telephone service, or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service with a telephone adapter
- If you use DSL filters on the other phones in your house, you will need to use one with AT&T HomeManager
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