Linksys Wireless Home Audio comes with a setup only a router engineer could love; it uses the badly named Linksys Easy Link Adviser software (Windows only) that is both unnecessarily complex and buggy. In the end the system feels more like a complicated computer peripheral than a simple consumer product.
If Cisco wants to be a major player in home entertainment, it needs to develop much more of a consumer electronics mentality.
It might start by paying attention to the extreme simplicity of its Flip video cameras. Although the $590 million acquisition was small change for Cisco, the company sees it as a major strategic opening, once its cameras are integrated with both computers and video systems in the home.
Image: Cisco gym and fitness centre in Bangalore has personal trainers and a wide range of exercise equipment. Snooker, billiards, table tennis and Foosball are some of the games on offer along with indoor games. The hallway also houses a health bar.
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