I just came across the Asus WL-700g Marketing Specifications - ASUS' new wireless storage router - supporting one internal IDE interface for 3.5 inch IDE disk and 3 USB 2.0 ports for high speed USB disk, USB Printer, Web Camera or Speaker.

With embedded BitTorrent (BT) "download machine" and web server, users can download data from the Internet and share their own data to the world... the killer product for users of unlimited DSL lines.

• USB RAID. Support RAID 0 to expand internal IDE disk and external USB disk into one user-level partition. Support RAID 1 to online-mirror data of IDE disk into USB disk.
• Simultaneous NFS/CIFS/FTP/Web Access support.
• Download machine also supports Gnutella/Fasttrack/OpenFT support.
• SPI firewall, DOS protection, DMZ

The new Nokia Linux Handheld Tablet looks like a gadget to get ASAP...

The new Internet Tablet, unveiled Wednesday and slated to go on sale this summer, is based on the open-source Linux operating system rather than the Symbian platform Nokia uses for "smart" cell phones.

my T-Mobile UMTS/GPRS card just gave me an updated version 2.0.1.44 to download - claiming performance enhancements... (that's what I need..

I'll check it out in a minute... I hope those guys tested their stuff before providing me a crippled driver... and... no public detail on this update at or availalable... I wish I would find a kind of driver site.

Asus has the WL-500g Deluxe announced for many months now...

It's a WLAN b/g router with firewall - having 2 USB2.0 ports for print sharing, FTP server, USB2 webcam features ... so basically you could use this as a standalone fileserver at home if you attach a USB2 driver box to it...

And guess what... I want it - but it's simply not available - the previous model WL500g with only 1 USB1.1 port is the only thing deliverable currently... ok... will test out ASUS quality there and decide if I upgrade later...

What is really interesting about this device is the open source OS modding community that use to hack the firmware to add some neat features to the device...

That is supported by ASUS as they publish their complete sourcecode as it's written in the GPL... that's what I call viral marketing :-) - get it here

An interesting forum is here at Chupa.NL WL500g forums? - they even have a WIKI up to share findings about new/hidden settings

Expect some more news as I start to operate this device...