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Den of ubiquity

Den of ubiquity

Will Greenwald
The is a "ubiquitous integrated device," which appears to be British for "expensive Webcam with strange features." It's a Webcam with a memory card reader and a USB hub, as well as a speaker built into its base. According to U.K. importer KJ Global, the Hanaro Plus will replace your digital camera, camcorder, speakers, and...DVR?!? We can pretty much guarantee that the Hanaro Plus's 320,000-pixel CMOS won't replace your Canon EOS 1DS Mark II or your Panasonic AG-HVX200, and its 3-watt speaker certainly won't replace your Onkyo SKS-HT240 surround-sound setup. Heck, we don't know how it'll even try to replace your TiVo. Unfortunately, you probably won't even get a chance to drop $140 US on this goofy Asian product--the only Western site we've seen that carries it is KJ Global, and we doubt that the company ships across the pond. If you understand Korean or Japanese, though, you might be able to find this for a bargain!

Source: Gizmodo